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Curated OER

Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Got You Down? "Tri" This!

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Have your class design their own mathematical study aids. Learners collaborate in groups on the design of tri-fold presentation describing the relationships between mathematical computations. Then, they write a business letter to the...
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Fraction Bars

Multiplying Fractions Times Whole Numbers and Fractions

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Fifth graders make the connections using models between multiplying a fraction times a whole number and multiplying a fraction times a fraction. After completing three teacher-led activities, pupils access a website on their own to play...
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Curated OER

Math: Divide and Conquer - Equivalent Fractions

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students engage in hands-on activities and observe videos to develop fraction skills. In one activity, they create "paper pizzas" complete with original toppings. By swapping pieces, students display whole and unique-looking pizzas.
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N Equal Parts by Construction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experiment with straight edges and compasses to divide lengths into equal parts. They identify different fractions of the total length.
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Curated OER

Mixed Expressions and Complex Fractions

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students are introduced to mixed expressions and complex fractions. They work through several problems with the instructor and then complete a worksheet.
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National Research Center for Career and Technical Education

Photoshop Scale

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Say cheese! Can your class take a great photo and size it to fit any need? A career and technology-centered lesson plan demonstrates the correct way to resize images in Adobe Photoshop. Scholars view a presentation and work individually...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Ratio of Boys to Girls

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
How many boys are in the class? Here is an introductory exercise describing ratios. The commentary shows different ways learners can approach the problem, using a tape diagram of boys to girls and using a table. The activity includes...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Margie Buys Apples

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
One of the most common, everyday applications of math is dealing with money. This single problem calculating how much change Margie receives is more involved than it appears at first glance. An understanding of how fractions and decimals...
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EngageNY

Collecting Rational Number Like Terms

For Teachers 7th Standards
Teach pupils to handle fractions fluently. The sixth installment in the series of 28 has class members apply the concepts learned in previous lessons to expressions with fractional coefficients. The fractions are both mixed numbers and...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Fruit Salad

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Playing with values in this fruit salad problem allows learners to find out how many cherries were mixed in. Your middle schoolers can organize their thoughts in a chart before going into the equation. Eigth graders can skip the chart...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Drinking Juice, Variation 3

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
It is up to the learner to find the amount of juice originally in a bottle, knowing what fraction of the juice is left, and the amount that has been consumed. The accompanying commentary provides a useful and detailed description of...
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Curated OER

Finding a Fraction of a Fraction

For Teachers 5th
Teach your math class to determine the value of fractions. The group will explore how to break a fractional part into smaller pieces, which helps strengthen their understanding of the part/whole relationship of fractions. A written...
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Curated OER

Fraction Dominoes

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a math game that involves practicing their equivalent fraction skills in the advanced multiplication stage seven. They assess their ability skills of equivalent fractions to match twenty seven dominoes on...
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Curated OER

Pizza Fraction Fun

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students solve for fractions using a pizza. In this fraction lesson plan, students listen to a read aloud, decorate pizzas, then cut their pizzas apart to show equivalent fractions. Once their pizzas are cut apart, they share different...
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Curated OER

Ratios: Interpreting the Phrase "Out Of"

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the concept of ratios. They observe a website of Trident Gum that gives a real life example of ratios. Students practice ratio problems in three forms. They express ratios as a proportion and solve proportions using...
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Baylor College

Safe Food Preparation

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Who doesn't love ice cream? Make this delicious dessert with your class while learning about food preparation in the tenth lesson of this series. Teach about the importance of cleanliness and proper cooking techniques in order to avoid...
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Curated OER

China: Dim Sum: A Mars Bar Fraction Hunt Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils practice in the use of fractions, changing fractions, using equivalent fractions and paying attention to detail.
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I'll Halve S'More, Please!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students describe a fraction in terms of sharing parts of a whole. They understand the meaning of the parts of a fraction and add and subtract like fractions. They apply fractions to problem situations and recognize and use equivalent...
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Curated OER

Geometrically Artistic/Artistically Geomtric

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Learners identify the two-dimensional geometric shapes Lowrey utilized in the painting Untitled. Students compare the two-dimensional shapes in terms of equivalent fractions, congruency, symmetry and asymmetry. Learners create their own...
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Curated OER

Fraction Facts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of fractions. In this fractions lesson, students perform basic operations such as addition and subtraction with fractions. Students play a game on the computer called 'Fraction Four' that gives students...
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Curated OER

Fraction Action

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners solve problems with fractions. In this algebra lesson, students review the names of fraction and equivalent fractions. They review multiplication and how to find the inverse of a division problem.
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Curated OER

Fractions To Decimals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate the concept of converting fractions to decimals with the use of practice in recognition of fractions and finding the decimal equivalent by sight or by using division. This instructional activity could be done...
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Making the Connections

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Use a Horton Chart to identify relationships between numbers and make equivalent fractions and decimals. Scholars change a fraction to find the greatest common factor, find percents, and make equivalent decimals.
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Curated OER

Number Line Mathematics

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners translate problem situations into diagrams, models, and numerals using whole numbers, fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, and percents. They identify that numbers in different forms are equivalent or not equivalent using whole...

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