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CCSS 5.NF.B.5 Worksheets

Grade 5 ยท Number & Operations - Fractions

Interpret multiplication as scaling by comparing the size of a product to one of its factors, and explain why multiplying by a fraction greater or less than one makes the result larger or smaller.

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Teaching guide

What students learn

Interpret multiplication as scaling by comparing the size of a product to one of its factors, and explain why multiplying by a fraction greater or less than one makes the result larger or smaller.

How to teach it

Start with fair sharing of one whole into equal parts, name unit fractions, then build non-unit and equivalent fractions with fraction strips.

Worked example
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Watch out for

Forgetting the parts must be equal, and thinking a larger denominator always means a larger fraction.

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