Curated OER
Diversity Math- Fractions
Middle schoolers use jelly beans to gain an understanding of fractions. In this fraction lesson, students receive jelly beans and count the number of beans they have in each color. Middle schoolers then name the fraction for each...
California Education Partners
Soccer Snacks
Make the cookies healthy. The assessment task asks pupils to determine the number of cookies they could make based on a given amount of ingredients. Given two sugar substitutes, learners determine which substitute would be better and...
Noyce Foundation
Cat Food
Determine the right mix of cans of cat food. The resource consists of an assessment task to determine the cost to feed two cats for a specific number of days and requires scholars to interpret remainders within a context....
Curated OER
Fractions Mean Division
The title says it all: fractions mean division. Explore number sense and operations as you flip from slide to slide, describing how fractions and division are the same thing. Learners will work through a series of problems where they...
K12 Reader
Simplifying Fractions
Young mathematicians respond to a series of comprehension questions after reading an article about simplifying fractions.
Math-U-See
Algebra 1 Readiness Test
Your learners will appreciate this assessment of basic skill calculations that are prerequisite to Algebra1. Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing procedures are addressed in conjunction with whole numbers, decimals, fractions,...
Fraction Bars
Quotients of Whole Numbers that Equal Fractions
A complete lesson on dividing whole numbers by other whole numbers and getting a fraction result. Groups of learners use fractions bars, and strips of paper that are cut to specific lengths. The hands-on activities in the lesson are...
Curated OER
Multiplying Fractions Times Whole Numbers
Multiplying fractions by whole numbers is the focus of the math lesson plan presented here. There are three activities outlined in the lesson plan along with a nifty game learners play on the computer that reinforces their learning....
Curated OER
Finding Fractions of Numbers and Quantities
A presentation teaches young learners to find fractional values and quantities, and provides tips on how to solve math word problems. Learners engage with dozens of challenging problems, and get tips along the way. A terrific PowerPoint...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Understanding Fractions
Young learners explore fractions and demonstrate parts of a whole by using a candy bar and a piece of paper and dividing both into equal parts. Included is a worksheet that requires youngsters to color in half of each polygon shape. Some...
Roald Dahl
Matilda - Bruce Bogtrotter and the Cake
After reading the 11th chapter in Matilda, class members take on the role of Bruce Bogtrotter and re-enact the cake eating scene. Here's the catch: they must come-up with an impromptu re-enactment of the scene from the story, and...
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Charting the Progress of New Horizons
In 2006, New Horizons began its mission to fly to Pluto. As it continues its journey, scholars track its progress with the help of an informative website, all the while reinforcing measurement concepts with the construction of a scaled...
University of Wisconsin
Fraction Rules
Both a reference sheet and skills practice instructional activity, this handout on common fraction rules reviews steps for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions. Twenty examples are provided to demonstrate these...
Curated OER
Dividing Fractions
In this division of fractions worksheet, students divide one set of fractions and complete 1 multiple choice problem. The answer is given online.
Science Friday
Make a Model of a Home Made From Shipping Containers
Build a scale model of a home built out of shipping containers. A hands-on activity has scholars watch a video about a home built from shipping containers and then design their own home. They build scale models of their designed homes...
Curated OER
Fractions in Everyday Life
Students apply understanding of fractions by converting a recipe to feed the class and the whole grade level. They calculate how many cookies the class would eat and multiply each fraction in the recipe accordingly.
Curated OER
Fractions XI Adding Mixed Numbers with Unlike Denominators
This PowerPoint demonstrates how to add mixed numbers with unlike denominators. The slides display examples of problems, along with steps that students can easily follow.
Curated OER
Dividing Fractions #2
In this fraction division worksheet, students complete a total of 120 problems, set up 12 per page with 10 pages total.
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Curated OER
Dividing Fractions to Ninths [J]
In this fraction division worksheet, students solve a total of 10 problems, dividing fractions to ninths. Answers are included on page 2.
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Curated OER
Dividing Fractions to Sixths [H]
In this fraction division instructional activity, students complete a total of 10 problems, dividing fractions to sixths. Answers included on page 2.
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Curated OER
Dividing Fractions to Sixths [G]
In this fraction division worksheet, students complete a total of 10 problems, dividing fractions to sixths. Answers included on page 2.
Curated OER
Adding, Subtraction, Multiplying, and Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers
In this fractions activity, learners first review addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division without fractions. Next, students add and subtract fractions in fifth-three problems, followed by multiplying in forty-four...
Curated OER
Multiplying Fractions
Learners investigate the concept of multiplying fractions and use the inverse for doing division. They practice working the problems with scaffolding provided by examples with the teacher. The link is made to real life with the...
Curated OER
Division with remainders written as fractions
In this division with remainders activity, students divide numbers with remainders and write the remainders as a fraction of the whole number. Students complete 14 problems.