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Title Exploring Equivalence with Rational Numbers: Part 2 Extending to Mixed Numbers
Description This activity should come after Part 1 or as a lesson for students who are ready to explore improper fractions and mixed numbers. This lesson helps students Identify and generate simple equivalent fractions and explain why the mixed numbers and improper fractions are equivalent. Students will use different models and representations to compare fractional parts. They will use ideas of fraction equivalence and ordering to 1) Explain equivalence of improper fractions and mixed numbers using drawings and models, 2) Recognize and generate equivalent improper fractions and mixed numbers.
Subject Mathematics
Level K-5, Middle School
Type Discussion Prompts, Guided Activity, Lab
Duration 60 minutes
Answers Included No
Language English
Keywords equivalence, fraction, improper, matcher, rational
Simulation(s) Fraction Matcher (HTML5), Fraction Matcher

Author(s) Michael Matassa
Contact Email michael.matassa@bvsd.org
School / Organization Manhattan Middle School
Date submitted 9/25/15
Date updated 9/25/15

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