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Add and Subtract Fractions with Same Denominators

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students add and subtract fractions with the same denominators. In this fractions lesson plan, students also order common fractions from small to large and use the comparison symbols to compare fractions.
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Curated OER

"NSN, Fractions, Percents, Ratios, Rates" Investigations

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders engage in an investigation about the concepts related to fractions. They read, represent, compare, and order proper and improper fractions, and mixed numbers. They demonstrate an understanding of relationships involving...
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Curated OER

Which Fraction is Bigger or Smaller?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Compare fractions with common numerators! Pupils look at fractions with different denominators and the same numerator to find which one is bigger. They look at hands-on manipulations of fractions to understand the concept of why one is...
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Curated OER

Reduction to Common Denominator #2

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Elementary and secondary learners compare fractions that have uncommon denominators and add and subtract fractions that have common denominators. They practice reducing fractions and getting denominators to be the same so they can add...
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Curated OER

Fractions, Decimals and Percents

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners investigate the differences when using decimals, fractions, and percents. They focus on the process of using them in real problems and how to convert them from one form to another.
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PB Works

Numbers Lesson 3 - Hershey Bar Fractions

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Talk about delicious math! Pupils solve problems involving rational numbers and analyze real-life problems to find solutions in a pre-algebra class. They discuss the sections of a Hershey's bar in terms of fractions and decimals before...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Making Cookies

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Hooray for chocolate chip cookies! Ask your mathematicians to triple a chocolate chip cookie recipe and then reduce the recipe by one-fourth. Your class may need two days to complete, tripling the recipe the first day and reducing the...
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EngageNY

Calculating Probabilities for Chance Experiments with Equally Likely Outcomes

For Teachers 7th Standards
Calculate theoretical probabilities and compare them to experimental probabilities. Pupils build on their knowledge of experimental probabilities to determine theoretical probabilities. Participants work several problems with the...
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Curated OER

Fractions: Jewish Population of Europe during WWII

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students evaluate population maps and convert fractions to percentages. In this WWII lesson, students use statistics on the Holocaust to determine population loss and change. Students create their own math questions and answers using the...
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Curated OER

Sweet Fraction Frenzy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compare and order fractions. In this comparing and ordering fractions lesson, 4th graders make fraction strips from construction paper but pretend that they are candy bars. They use the strips to compare and order...
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Curated OER

Compare Fractions Using Fraction Circles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice ordering fractions using models and drawings.  For this math model lesson, 4th graders utilize colored blocks and drawings to show an equal representation of given fractions.  Students compare and...
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Curated OER

Taking Attendance

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young mathematicians record and analyze data. They will take attendance for their class and compare to other days. Then discuss ways to count who is present. They may also show the amount of students present using fractions.
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Curated OER

Defining Division

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Upper graders explore division through fair-shares. They will review fair shares and fractions as a segway into division. They start by playing "Share Fairly" game and create mathematical arguments for solving problems. Manipulatives and...
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Curated OER

The True Value of Sweets

For Teachers 5th
Measure your pupil's learning in a instructional activity designed to explore decimals by weighing different candies on a scale and recording the weight. Small groups then compare and order the decimal weights on a number line to show...
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Curated OER

Tangram Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore tangram puzzles. In this tangram fraction lesson, students read Grandfather Tang and then practice solving tangram puzzles. Students identify fractions of the pieces of the tangram puzzles and then create a design using...
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Curated OER

Finding Fractions

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students identify and solve problems using fractions. In this algebra lesson, students compare fractions and simplify with 80% accuracy. They manipulate fraction on the smart board through simplification.
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Curated OER

Fractions in the Kitchen

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use the World Wide Web for research, identify fractions found in everyday life by finding a recipe that uses fractions.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Fractions of a Set

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore number sense by completing a number set worksheet. In this fractions lesson, students utilize pattern blocks as a visual reference to the fractions they practice identifying. Students read the book Clean-Sweep Campers...
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Curated OER

Slicing Up Food Fractions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders categorize, cut, and sort food items to explore fractions.
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Curated OER

Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 7: Overview

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders recognize that the larger the denominator of a fraction, the smaller the piece you have.  In this fraction lesson, 3rd graders compare fractions and order them from largest to smallest. Students complete an exercise...
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Curated OER

Place Value

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Practice place value skills with this lesson. Learners put numbers in order from greatest to least, identify the values of particular numbers, and engage in an activity to compare numbers using manipulatives.
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Curated OER

Equivalent Fractions as a Means to Compare

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create equivalent fractions between fifths and tenths, as well as additional denominations.  In this Cyberchase activity activity, students compare fractions of like denominators and watch a QuickTime video to assist the...
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Curated OER

Cookie Fractions

For Teachers 1st
First graders demonstrate how to use cookies to create different fractions. In this math lesson, 1st graders build their knowledge based on what they hear after the teacher reads Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan by cutting a...
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Curated OER

Bits and Pieces: Fractions Greater Than One

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners compare fractions. In this fraction worksheet, students examine the number line. Using the Internet, they explore models of numbers greater than one. Learners complete multiple-choice worksheets.

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