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2015 The Institute for the Professional Development of Adult Educators
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A linear model gives an overview and shows relationships.A linear model gives an overview and shows relationships.
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How many fourths in a whole? How many sixths?
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What is more, 1/4 or 1/3? What is more, 1/9 or 1/10?
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What is more, 1/4 or 1/3? What is more, 1/9 or 1/10?
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Which is more, 3/4 or 4/5?
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Which is more, 3/4 or 4/5? Which is more, 7/8 or 8/9?
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The pattern of 1/2, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 6/7, 7/8, 8/9, 9/10.
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How many fourths equal a half? Eighths? Sevenths?
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How many fourths equal a half? Eighths? Sevenths?
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What is half of a half? That’s multiplying fractions.
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A fraction is part of a set or part of a whole.textbook definition
What about ?
Another common meaning of fraction is fragment or a small part.Another common meaning of fraction is fragment or a small part.
What is a fraction?
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*9/8 is 1 plus 1/89/8 is 1 plus 1/8
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Each row of connected rectangles represents 1.Write each quantity as a mixed number and as an
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How did you find the 11?How did you find the 11?
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The correlation to division becomes obvious here.The correlation to division becomes obvious here.
Circle the wholes and write each quantity as an improper fraction and as a mixed number.
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The correlation to division becomes obvious here.The correlation to division becomes obvious here.
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A study showed that many students and adults thought this was impossible.A study showed that many students and adults thought this was impossible.
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Writing the common multiple in a circle, in this example, 3, helps students remember what they’re dividing by.
Writing the common multiple in a circle, in this example, 3, helps students remember what they’re dividing by.
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The fraction 4/8 can be reduced on the multiplication table as 1/2.The fraction 4/8 can be reduced on the multiplication table as 1/2.
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The square represents 1.The square represents 1.
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We are thinking 1/2 of 1/2. First find 1/2 of it vertically. We are thinking 1/2 of 1/2. First find 1/2 of it vertically.
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Now find 1/2 of it horizontally. The solution is the double crosshatched area.
Now find 1/2 of it horizontally. The solution is the double crosshatched area.
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Another example. Another example.
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Multiplying Fractions
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The total number of of rectangles is 3 x 4.
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The number of double crosshatched rectangles is 2 x 3.
The total number of rectangles is 3 x 4.
That’s why to multiply fractions, we multiply the numerators and the denominators.
That’s why to multiply fractions, we multiply the numerators and the denominators.
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÷ =131 3
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The third problem can be thought of as how many 2/3s are in 1 or half of 1 ÷ 1/3.The third problem can be thought of as how many 2/3s are in 1 or half of 1 ÷ 1/3.
÷ =231 3
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2 sets of ½ = 1
3 sets of 1/3 = 1
1 set of 2/3 plus 1/2 of another set of 2/3 = 1
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÷ =121 2
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1 ÷ 3 is simply the definition of a fraction. Notice the pattern.1 ÷ 3 is simply the definition of a fraction. Notice the pattern.
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2 sets of ¾ plus 2 of the 3 needed for the next set = 2 2/3
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(Is the answer more or less than 1?)
Another example: How many 3/4s are in 2/3?Another example: How many 3/4s are in 2/3?
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