Grade 5 · Number and Operations—Fractions

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.6

Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem.

Read this standard on the official Common Core site

Lessons that teach this standard

• Fraction Word Problems: Choosing the Right Operation

  How to decide whether a fraction word problem needs addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, with the signal words and worked solutions for each.

• 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.