Pbs Learning Media: Percent as a Means to Compare Fractions

Three heads are better than one. After reading a conversation between three friends about how to compare fractions, scholars analyze and discuss each presented strategy. These include using unit fractions, using benchmark fractions,...

Comparing fractions, it is just not the same as comparing whole numbers. The video starts with fractions with common denominators and moves on to comparing fractions that are not as obvious. Scholars learn two techniques, cross...

An interactive for investigating what fraction multiplication looks like. Students choose two fractions to multiply, then observe as one fraction bar model is overlaid on the second, showing the common grid area as the product. Students...

Learn how to use fractions to interpret food labels and make healthy eating choices.

Follow along with RJ from the Study Jams! crew as he walks step-by-step through the process for comparing fractions with unlike denominators. Starting with finding the least common denominator, the presentation goes on to demonstrate how...

Percent of a number? Learn how to set this problem up as a proportion to solve. It's not as hard as you think.

This "I <3 Math" episode uses real-world comparisons to convert rates into equivalent percentages.

This video gives a clear demonstration of how to figure the volume of rectangular prisms, and of nonoverlapping rectangular prisms. The video is accompanied by an activity and a student handout.

This interactive exercise looks at angles of rotation and rotational symmetry of a variety of figures.

Students add and subtract plays on a football field to practice working with negative and positive integers on the number line.