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5.01 Equivalent fractions

Lesson

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Can you name fractions given the number of equal parts?  

What fraction is shown here?

  1. Fraction shaded $=$=$\frac{\editable{}}{\editable{}}$

 

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How can we identify equivalent fractions?  This video will show us.  

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Question 1

Fill in the blank to find an equivalent fraction to $\frac{1}{3}$13:

  1. $\frac{1}{3}=\frac{\editable{}}{6}$13=6

Learn

This next video shows us that whole numbers can also be written as fractions. 

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question 2

Fill in the blank to find an equivalent fraction to $4$4:

  1. $4=\frac{\editable{}}{3}$4=3

Remember!

Equivalent fractions represent the same size, but have different numerators and denominators.

Outcomes

4.NF.1

Explain why a fraction a/b is equivalent to a fraction (n × a)/(n × b) by using visual fraction models, with attention to how the number and size of the parts differ even though the two fractions themselves are the same size. Use this principle to recognize and generate equivalent fractions.

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