Monday, December 16, 2013
POTD
Rich owns 7 acres of farmland. He grows beets
on 1/2 of the land. On how many acres of land
does Rich grow beets?
Simplify your answer and write it as a proper
fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
Whole to Part
• The four people at Tanya’s birthday will get
one-quarter (one-fourth) of the cake each.
Tanya puts 12 candles on the cake so that
each person gets the same number of candles
on their piece of cake.
• How many candles will each person get on
their piece of cake?
• What is our equation?
Part to Whole
• Ricardo put enough candles on his birthday
cake so that everyone would have the same
number of candles. He then cut the cake into
fourths.
• If each slice has three candles, how many
candles did Ricardo put on his cake?
• What is our equation?
Fraction Town
•Draw houses along 2/3 of Sixth Street. q
•Draw trees along ¼ of Eighth Street. q
•Draw cars on ½ of Fourth Street. q
•Draw a dog by ¼ of Fourth Street. q
•Draw a school along 1/3 of Sixth Street. q
•Draw bushes along 4/8 of Second Street. q
•Draw school buses on 2/6 of Third Street. q
•Draw a fire truck on 5/6 – 3/6 of Sixth Street. q
Challenge:
•Draw flowers on 4/16 of Fourth Street. q
•Draw a firehouse on 3/9 of Sixth Street. q
Extra Challenge:
•Draw people on 4/3 of Third and Sixth Street. q
Finishing Touches:
•Add green grass, or stop signs, and/or anything else you would
like to complete your map of Fraction Town. Make sure that you
give your map a title!
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
POTD
The dolphins at the Webster Aquarium are fed 6
buckets of fish each day. The sea otters are fed
1/4 as much fish as the dolphins. How many
buckets of fish are the sea otters fed each
day?
Simplify your answer and write it as a proper
fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
Homework Review “Birthday Cookout”
Bob turned 60 this year! His family celebrated by having a
cookout. Marcy took orders and found one fifth as many
people wanted chicken as wanted steaks, one fourth as many
people wanted steaks as wanted hot dogs, and one half as
many people wanted hot dogs as wanted hamburgers. She
gave her son-in-law, the chef, an order for 80 hamburgers.
The chef needs more information. He has to know:
●How many people asked for chicken?
●How many people asked for steak?
●How many asked for hot-dogs?
Use words, pictures and numbers to tell the chef what he
needs to know. Be prepared to share!
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
POTD
A factory puts 2/3 of a gallon of vinegar into
each batch of salad dressing. How many
gallons of vinegar will be used in 3 batches?
Simplify your answer and write it as a proper
fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
Homework Review
Field
Shape
T
Trapezoid
B
Parallelogram
C
Hexagon
D
Parallelogram
E
Triangle
F
Parallelogram
G
Trapezoid
H
Trapezoid
I
Triangle
J
Triangle
Fraction of Whole
Dollar Value
Total: $1,200
The farm fields above are worth a total of
$1,200. The fields are divided up like pattern
blocks; hexagons, trapezoids, parallelograms
and triangles. Each field’s value is based on its
size (its fractional relationship to the whole
plot of farm land). What part of the whole
farm does each field represent? What would a
fair price for each field be, based on its
fractional value? Show and explain all of your
mathematical thinking.
Guided
• Draw an area model to represent each of the
following operations. Use your area model to
help you compute the answer to each
problem.
• 6x2
3
Independent
• Draw an area model to represent each of the
following operations. Use your area model to
help you compute the answer to each
problem.
3
1) 8 x
4
2
2) 6 x
5
1
3) 8 x
2
Explain Using ShowMe and then display on a poster.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
POTD
Last month, Lillian and Nalini sold candy to raise
money for their debate team. Nalini sold 3/4
as much candy as Lillian did. If Lillian sold 5
boxes of candy, how many boxes of candy did
Nalini sell?
Simplify your answer and write it as a proper
fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
Fraction Pie Game
The object of the game is to be the first
person to make 15 wholes. You have to
complete a whole for it to count toward the
15. You need to be able to prove your
answer.
1. Each person takes turns rolling the dice
2. After you have rolled, you must pick
what type of pie you choose to color in and
then you may color in fractional pies for the
value of the roll (for example, if you rolled a
6 and chose halves then you may shade in 6
halves)
3. You are also responsible for filling in your
score card as you play.
4. Play several rounds, but be sure to share
your strategy when you are done.
5. Be sure you can prove your answer.
Fraction
1/2
1/3
1/4
1/6
Tally
Fraction x
Tally
Product
Friday, December 20, 2013
POTD
On Monday a team of street sweepers cleaned 6
city blocks. Tuesday, the team cleaned 2/3 as
many blocks as on Monday. How many city
blocks did the street sweepers clean on
Tuesday?
Simplify your answer and write it as a proper
fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
Fraction Quilts
http://www.ledgemontschools.org/vimages/shared/vnews/stories/52866a1170eb9/Zembower%20grade%206%20blizzard%20ba
g%201.pdf
qMake ¼ of your design green
qMake ½ of your design blue
qMake 1/8 of your design red
qMake 1/16 yellow
qMake the remainder a color of
your choice. What is that
fraction?
Math Rotations Pattern Blocks
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Patterns/
Use 12 tiles to create a design.
What fraction of your design is...
Blue?
Red?
Yellow?
Green?
Be Sure to SIMPLIFY your
answer!!!
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/images/triangle.gif
Math Stations
• Ordering Fractions
•
http://www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/math/PDF/orderfractions.pdf
• Fraction Sorting
•
http://www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/math/PDF/fracsort.pdf
• Fraction Word Problems
•
http://www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/math/PDF/fracword.pdf
• Equivalent Fraction Mix and Match
•
http://www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/math/PDF/fracmix.pdf
• The Language of Fractions
•
https://ccgpsmathematicsk-5.wikispaces.com/file/view/Mega-Fun%2BFractions.pdf page31
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