Fractions in the Kitchen

Think, question, brainstorm, and make your way through a newsletter full of puzzles and word problems. The resource includes 10 different newsletters, all with interesting problems, to give class members an out-of-the box...

Not all structures take the shape of a polygon. The 21st lesson in a series of 29 shows young mathematicians they can create polygons out of composite shapes. Once they deconstruct the structures, they find the area of the composite figure.

Introduce young mathematicians to the process of dividing fractions with a hands-on math lesson. Using the help of fraction strips and other visual models, children work through a series of example problems as they...

Sometimes math requires dealing with fractions. An instructional video shows how to substitute into a formula and solve for an unknown measure. Pupils watch as the presenter determines the height of a triangle even when the length of the...

Follow along as the instructor demonstrates how to subtract a whole number from a fraction. First, she changes the whole number to a fraction. Then she finds the least common denominator of the two fractions. Finally, she does the...

Enlargements make it bigger, right? A video shows viewers how to perform a basic dilation with a fractional scale factor. They learn how to use the scale factor to find the location of the transformed vertex by multiplying the horizontal...

Follow along as the instructor demonstrates how to subtract a whole number from a fraction. First, she changes the whole number to a fraction. Then she finds the least common denominator of the two fractions. Finally, she does the...

Getting a meal, side dish, drink, and dessert can be delicious—but it can be expensive too! Practice addition and subtraction with money in a lesson that focuses on a sample menu, complete with task cards and word problems.

Young hopefuls can practice finding the average of a group of numbers represented in tables and word problems. 

What a great big skillet you have. The resource introduces the class to the world's largest stainless steel skillet. The class creates a model of the skillet and a typical 12-inch skillet and compares the relative sizes of their areas....