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Multiply Fractions (Grade 5)

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Area of Rectangles with Fractional Lengths


Videos, examples, and solutions to help Grade 5 students learn to apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction.

A. Interpret the product (a/b) × q as a parts of a partition of q into b equal parts; equivalently, as the result of a sequence of operations a × q ÷ b. For example, use a visual fraction model to show (2/3) × 4 = 8/3, and create a story context for this equation. Do the same with (2/3) × (4/5) = 8/15. (In general, (a/b) × (c/d) = ac/bd.)

B. Find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths by tiling it with unit squares of the appropriate unit fraction side lengths, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths. Multiply fractional side lengths to find areas of rectangles, and represent fraction products as rectangular areas.

Common Core: 5.NF.4

Suggested Learning Targets

  • I can create story contexts for problems involving multiplication of fractions and whole numbers or multiplication of two fractions.
  • I can find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths

Multiply a Fraction by a Whole Number

Multiply by fractions using repeated addition - 5.NF.4
In this lesson you will learn how to multiply fractions with whole numbers by using a sequence of operations to describe the problem. 5.NF.4 Multiplying a Fraction by a whole number using a tape diagram



Multiply a Fraction by a Fraction

How to multiply a fraction by a fraction using an area model and an algorithm? Multiply fractions by fractions - 5.NF.4
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