Grade 5 · Number and Operations—Fractions

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.4a

Interpret the product (a/b) × q as a parts of a partition of q into b equal parts; equivalently, as the result of a sequence of operations a × q ÷ b.

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Lessons that teach this standard

• Multiplying Fractions: Top Times Top, Bottom Times Bottom

  How to multiply fractions and mixed numbers, why the rule works using an area model, why the product can be smaller than what you started with, and how to cancel first.