T.I.P.S.

  • Lightbulb Students must be able to represent and solve multiplication problems involving a whole number and a fraction. The whole number and the fraction refer to same size whole.

Example

  • Represent and solve the following multiplication problems using different representations for the problems and explain your thinking.
     
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Multiplying Whole Numbers by a Fraction

Multiplying Fractions by a Whole Number

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Resources

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TEKS

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    5.3 Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to develop and use strategies and methods for positive rational number computations in order to solve problems with efficiency and accuracy. The student is expected to:
     
    (I) represent and solve multiplication of a whole number and a fraction that refers to the same whole using objects and pictorial models, including area models

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