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Learning Goal: I can multiply fractions. Investigation: modeling fraction multiplication

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2. Choose your own:

Classroom Determined rules for fraction multiplication (based on investigation)

Rules for Fraction Multiplication

1. Multiply numerators 2. Multiply Denominators 3. Find the product and Simplify

Rules for multiplying fractions by whole mixed numbers

1. 1. write the whole/mixed number as an improper fraction 2. simplify (if possible) before multiplying 3. multiply numerator and denominator then simplify 4. write as a mixed number

Example 1: Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Example 3: Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4:

Example 2: Step 1: Step 2: Step 3:

5/6 4/5

5/6 of 18

Example 4: Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4:

2 1/3 4 1/2

Problem Solving:
~We Do~ The largest hummingbird is the giant hummingbird of South America. It weighs 2/3oz. The smallest hummingbird is the bee hummingbird of Cuba. Its weight is one tenth of the weight of a giant hummingbird. What is the weight of a bee hummingbird?

~Try on your own~ 1)Ken used a piece of lumber to build a bookshelf. If he made three shelves that are each 2 ft long, how long was the piece of lumber?

2) A poster measures 39 cm across. If a photocopy machine is used to make a copy that is 3/5 of the original size, what is the width of the copy?

Challenge. 10 problems in 10 minutes! Can you beat the time?? Find each product and put in simplest form = =

A student multiplies two mixed numbers, 2 and 1 , and finds the product to be 2 . Explain the students mistake. What is the correct answer?

The length of a track around a football field is mi. You jog 3 times around the track. How far do you jog?

Do Now Write each number as an improper fraction. 1. 3 2. 6 3. 8

4. 12

5. 4

Exit Slip: Read the passage and answer the questions below. Earth has almost 200 million square miles of surface area. About seven tenths of Earths surface is water. The remaining three tenths is land. Nearly one fifth of the land is desert. The largest desert, the Sahara in Africa, is three and a half million square miles, which is about the same area as the United States. 1. About how many square miles of Earths surface is water?

2. About how many square miles is land?

3. About how many square miles is desert?

4. About what fraction of the desert surface is the Sahara Desert?

5. Africa makes up about

of earths surface area. About how many square miles is Africa?