Throughout this unit, students learned how to multiply fractions by whole numbers as well as multiply whole numbers by mixed numbers. Below you will find strategies that your child learned throughout this unit as well as some sample problems. Students were able to apply many of the same strategies that they already knew from being able to multiply a whole # by a whole #.
Strategies for Multiplying a Whole Number By a Fraction
This student solved this problem with a model.
This student used repeated addition.
Strategies for Multiplying a Whole Number by a Mixed Number
Example of student using a model:
Example of student using repeated addition:
Example of student using the distributive property:
Writing Fractions as a Product of a Whole Number and a Unit Fraction
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