5th Grade students will be able to:
Add and subtract fractions (including mixed numbers) with unlike denominators. (May include multiple methods and representations.)
Example: 2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12 + 15/12 = 23/12
Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions (including mixed numbers).
Multiply a fraction (including mixed numbers) by a fraction.
Demonstrate an understanding of multiplication as scaling (resizing).
Example 1: Comparing the size of a product to the size of one factor on the basis of the size of the other factor without performing the indicated multiplication.
Example 2: Explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction greater than 1 results in a product greater than the given number (recognizing multiplication by whole numbers greater than 1 as a familiar case); explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction less than 1 results in a product smaller than the given number.
Divide unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions.