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Phase:
Before/Engage
Activity:
Show students the video, Multiplying Fractions with Whole Numbers Song. You may want to turn on the closed captioning so students will be able to read along with the song lyrics or you may choose to play the video a second time for students.
Distribute the Multiplying Fractions by a Whole Number worksheets containing missing lyrics. The parts of the lyrics that are missing also complete the equations in the song. If students complete the song lyrics correctly, they will be solving word problems involving multiplying a whole number by a fraction. Point this out to the students.
Ask the students to write an equation representing each word problem in the lyrics on their worksheet.
Ask students to draw a model of each word problem on their worksheet.
Assessment Strategies:
The Multiplying Fractions by a Whole Number worksheet can be used as an assessment as well as the equations and models students develop after watching the video.
The teacher may need to use a word bank (see the key above for words to use).
Teachers may need to pair struggling students with other students.
Notes or Recommendations (optional):
ALCOS 2019
4.16). Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a whole number times a fraction.
4.16a).Model and explain how a non-unit fraction can be represented by a whole number times the unit fraction. Example: 9/8=9 ×1/8
4.16b). Extend previous understanding of multiplication to multiply a whole number times any fraction less than one. Example: 4 ×2/(3 )= (4 × 2)/3= 8/3
4.16c).Solve word problems involving multiplying a whole number times a fraction using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. Examples: 3 × 1/2, 6 × 1/8
Keywords and Search Tags:
compose, decompose, equation, fraction, nonunit fraction, unit fraction, whole number