Examples of Concepts in Module 4: Fifth Grade In Module 4, students learn to multiply fractions and decimal fractions and begin work with fraction division. Interpreting fractions as division Equal sharing with area models (both concrete and pictorial) gives students an opportunity to make sense of division of whole numbers with answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers (e.g., seven brownies shared by three girls; three pizzas shared by four people). Discussion also includes an interpretation of remainders as a
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Examples of Concepts in Module 4: Fifth Grade
In Module 4, students learn to multiply fractions and decimal fractions and begin work with fraction division.
Interpreting fractions as divisionEqual sharing with area models (both concrete and pictorial) gives students an opportunity to make sense of division of whole numbers with answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers (e.g., seven brownies shared by three girls; three pizzas shared by four people). Discussion also includes an interpretation of remainders as a fraction. Tape diagrams provide a linear model of these problems. Moreover, students see that by renaming larger units in terms of smaller units, division resulting in a fraction is just like whole number division.
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