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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Finding Common Denominators to Add

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Part (a) of this task asks young scholars to find and use two different common denominators to add the given fractions. The purpose of this question is to help students realize that they can use any common denominator to find a solution,...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Mixed Numbers With Unlike Denominators

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is to help students realize there are different ways to add mixed numbers and is most appropriate for use in an instructional setting. The two primary ways one can expect students to add are converting the mixed...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Egyptian Fractions

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
One goal of this task is to help students develop comfort and ease with adding fractions with unlike denominators. Another goal is to help them develop fraction number sense by having students decompose fractions. Aligns with 5.NF.A.1.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: How Many Servings of Oatmeal?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This task provides a context for performing division of a whole number by a unit fraction. This problem is a "How many groups?'' example of division: the "groups'' in this case are the servings of oatmeal and the question is asking how...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Folding Strips of Paper

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is to provide students with a concrete experience they can relate to fraction multiplication. Perhaps more importantly, the task also purposefully relates length and locations of points on a number line, a common...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Origami Stars

For Teachers 4th - 8th
The purpose of this task is to present students with a situation in which they need to divide a whole number by a unit fraction in order to find a solution. Calculating the number of origami stars that Avery and Megan can make...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nf Standing in Line

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
The purpose of this task is for students to solve a problem in context that can be solved in different ways, but in particular by dividing a whole number by a unit fraction. Aligns with 6.NS.A.1.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Painting a Wall

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is for students to find the answer to a question in context that can be represented by fraction multiplication. This task is appropriate for either instruction or assessment depending on how it is used and where...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Dividing by One Half

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
This task requires students to recognize both "number of groups unknown" (part (a)) and "group size unknown" (part (d)) division problems in the context of a whole number divided by a unit fraction. It also addresses a common...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nf Banana Pudding

For Teachers 4th - 8th
The purpose of this task is to provide students with a concrete situation they can model by dividing a whole number by a unit fraction. Aligns with 5.NF.B.7.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Salad Dressing

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is to have students add fractions with unlike denominators and divide a unit fraction by a whole number. This accessible real-life context provides students with an opportunity to apply their understanding of...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nf How Many Marbles?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This task is intended to complement "5.NF How many servings of oatmeal?" and "7.RP Molly's run.'' All three tasks address the division problem 4/13 but from different points of view. Aligns with 5.NF.B.7.b.
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Unit Plan
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Number: Add and Subtract Fractions

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This site provides students practice with the concept of adding and subtracting fractions. Students can learn about the topic by completing an interactive tutorial. Students can then take a ten question timed test to practice the skill.
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Intel Corporation

Intel: Fractions Made Visual

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students learn the importance of math accuracy and, more specifically, that knowing how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions make life easier for everyone. To help students come to this understanding, they are assigned to a...
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Handout
Wyzant

Wyzant: Negative Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Demonstrates how to perform arithmetic operations with negative fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, and percents. Includes ten practice questions.
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Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Fraction Operations, Rates, Ratios

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Twenty-five problems presented on the topics: evaluating expression with fractional values, fraction operations, rates, and ratios. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of...
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Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator Practice Problems Rational Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice using your graphing calculator for rational number problems, including decimal and fraction operations. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View Solution button, which is located directly...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Quotients of Mixed Numbers

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students find the quotient of two mixed numbers by converting to improper fractions and multiplying by a reciprocal. Students examine guided notes,...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Products of Two Fractions

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students find the product of two fractions. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt practice...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Subtraction of Fractions

For Students 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Estimation With Mixed Number/fraction Subtraction

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Estimate differences of fractions and mixed numbers
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Math Slice

Math Slice: Fraction Operations

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This resource allows students to practice fraction computations. Students are able to select parameters that include the type of operation, numerator and denominator max and min, common denominator, and improper fraction. There are ten...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Modeling Multiplication and Division of Fractions

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
This lesson plans gives instructions, objectives, materials, worksheets and more to explore multiplication and division of fractions.
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Handout
Other

Help With Fractions: Subtracting Fractions

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
The rules for subtracting fractions with like or unlike denominators are clearly explained at this website. Even mixed number subtraction is tackled! This is an excellent place to get step by step explanations for working with fractions.