EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS
10-31-14
GOAL
•I can make equivalent
fractions with like
denominators.
AGENDA
• Fluency Practice
• Application Problem
• Whole group lesson
• Problem set
• Exit Ticket
EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS
• ½ = ______
4
½ = ___, 1/3= ___, 2/3 = ___, ¾= ___, 3/5= ___
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6
12
16
25
APPLICATION PROBLEM
• Mr. Hopkins has a 1 meter wire he is using
to make clocks. Each fourth meter is
marked off with 5 smaller equal lengths. If
Mr. Hopkins bends the wire at ¾ meter,
what fraction of the marks is that?
1/3 + 1/3
• Draw a number line and label it at the end points as zero and 1.
• Label your number line with thirds.
• Show one third plus one third with arrows.
• Talk to your shoulder partner and discuss how you can express this as a
multiplication problem and as an addition sentence.
3/8 + 3/8 + 1/8
• Draw a number line and mark the end points as zero and one.
• Between zero and one, estimate to make 8 parts of equal length. Only label
what is necessary to show 3 eighths.
• Talk to your shoulder partner and discuss how this as a multiplication
equation and as an addition equation.