Curated OER
Rabbits
Students review what they think doubling means and double numbers mentally, for example, 5, 12, 16. They share their solutions and discuss how they doubled. They work together on a problem that is beyond mental working and solve...
Curated OER
Zeros and Blackbirds
Fifth graders convert kilometers to miles and calculate the range that historical aircraft can travel. They choose destinations by distance that can be traveled without refueling.
Curated OER
Squirt
Fourth graders using the idea of "how many more squirts" fill a container to develop multiplicative thinking. They also investigate the idea of conservation of volume when working with oddly shaped containers. They attempt to use...
Curated OER
My Dogs
Students use the properties of multiplication to solve problems. They recall the basic multiplication facts as well as write and solve problems that involve whole numbers.
Curated OER
Million Dollar Gift
Third graders create a box big enough to hold a million dollars. This is a project fun to do near the winter holidays with inexpensive gifts included in the boxes. This hands-on lesson very effectively demonstrates the concept of volume.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Fractions in Everyday Life, a Recipe
Math Forum offers this exciting lesson to help students with multiplying and dividing fractions through a recipe made in the classroom.
Intel Corporation
Intel: Fractions Made Visual
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...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Modeling Multiplication and Division of Fractions
Detailed lesson plan for multiplying and dividing fractions using visual models such as a number line or fraction bars.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Multiplying With Fractions
Sixth graders will use their understanding of multiplying fractions and apply it to dividing fractions which is a key component in common core. Included in this lesson are a closing activity, a link to a website for area models, and a...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.ns Repeating Decimal as Approximation
In this lesson, 7th graders multiply and divide fractions to determine the repeating decimal.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Lesson Plans: Fractions
Teachers, this is the place to come for fraction lesson plans if you teach elementary students. All the topics have a number of resources available from which to choose.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Dividing by One Half
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...
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Rabbit Costumes [Pdf]
This task challenges students to demonstrate understanding of multiplication and division of fractions.
NumberNut
Number Nut: Breaking Down Fractions
Discover fractions in the world around us in this lesson plan that also examines how fractions are divided. Detailed examples and pictures presented to explain this concept along with key vocabulary. A brief introduction to problem...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Painting a Room
The purpose of this task is to provide students with a situation in which it is natural for them to divide a unit fraction by a non-zero whole number. Determining the amount of paint that Kulani needs for each wall illustrates an...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Fraction Facts
The Shodor Education Foundation provides this lesson plan to introduce middle schoolers to the basics of fractions including fraction operations and converting fractions both to decimals and percents. NCTM Standards are listed for this...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Running to School
This is the easiest problem in a series of three tasks involving fraction multiplication that can be solved with pictures or number lines. Aligns with 5.NF.B.6.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Unit Closure
What is going on in the problem? What are you trying to figure out? What kind of model could you create for this problem? Students apply the skills they have learned throughout Unit 4.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: College Project Wrap Up
What have students learned about college? What questions do they still have? Students work on wrapping up and reflecting on the College Project while tackling math problems. This lesson includes a detailed plan, printable worksheets,...