Represent, compare, and order fractional amounts with unlike denominators, including proper and improper fractions and mixed numbers, using a variety of tools (e.g., fraction circles, Cuisenaire rods, drawings, number lines, calculators) and using standard fractional notation (Sample problem:
Use fraction strips to show that 1 1/2 is greater than 5/4.)
Demonstrate and explain the concept of equivalent fractions, using concrete materials (e.g.,
use fraction strips to show that 3/4 is equal to 9/12)
Not exact matches
CCSS standards include the
use of other representations —
fraction strips,
fraction bars, rectangles (which are excellent for showing multiplication of two
fractions) and other graphical means of modeling
fractions.
Teach
fractions using paper
strips or paper streamers instead of circles, researchers say.
This post and its related worksheets provide you with materials to help your students with visual representation of adding
fractions using models, such as number lines and
fraction strips.
Represent benchmark
fractions and percents such as 1 %, 10 %, 25 %, 33 1/3 %, and multiples of these values
using 10 by 10 grids,
strip diagrams, number lines, and numbers.
Represent
fractions greater than zero and less than or equal to one with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8
using concrete objects and pictorial models, including
strip diagrams and number lines.
White bread is made
using highly refined flour that has had all of the good stuff
stripped out of it — it has a
fraction of the fiber, protein, and minerals, and far more simple sugars that can cause your hamster's blood sugar to spike.