There’s a fine line between a numerator and a denominator. Learners review operations with fractions and ensure they have the skills needed to progress in the course. Taking the time now to review these concepts allows individuals to become more confident with fractions. 

Concepts

adding fractions, comparing fractions, simplifying fractions, dividing fractions, fractions, multiplication fractions

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as a fraction review by forming collaborative groups to tackle the problems independently
• Use the examples and problem set as board work to check for current understanding, and allow the results to guide your lesson

Classroom Considerations

• Meant as a review of fraction operations to ensure a foundational understanding
• The fifth lesson in a series dedicated to fundamental algebraic properties

Pros

• Provides a series of examples and practice problems

Cons

• Uses a shortcut for ordering fractions, which limits the understanding of the concepts
• Does not include a key to the set of practice problems

Common Core

5.NF.A.1 5.NF.B.4.a