Monday, December 16, 2013

POTD Rich owns 7 acres of farmland. He grows beets on 1/2 of the land. On how many acres of land does Rich grow beets? Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Whole to Part The four people at Tanya’s birthday will get one-quarter (one-fourth) of the cake each. Tanya puts 12 candles on the cake so that each person gets the same number of candles on their piece of cake. How many candles will each person get on their piece of cake? What is our equation?

Part to Whole Ricardo put enough candles on his birthday cake so that everyone would have the same number of candles. He then cut the cake into fourths. If each slice has three candles, how many candles did Ricardo put on his cake? What is our equation?

Fraction Town Example. Not the same instructions!!! Draw houses along 2/3 of Sixth Street. q Draw trees along ¼ of Eighth Street. q Draw cars on ½ of Fourth Street. q Draw a dog by ¼ of Fourth Street. q Draw a school along 1/3 of Sixth Street. q Draw bushes along 4/8 of Second Street. q Draw school buses on 2/6 of Third Street. q Draw a fire truck on 5/6 – 3/6 of Sixth Street. q Challenge: Draw flowers on 4/16 of Fourth Street. q Draw a firehouse on 3/9 of Sixth Street. q Extra Challenge: Draw people on 4/3 of Third and Sixth Street. q Finishing Touches: Add green grass, or stop signs, and/or anything else you would like to complete your map of Fraction Town. Make sure that you give your map a title!

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

POTD The dolphins at the Webster Aquarium are fed 6 buckets of fish each day. The sea otters are fed 1/4 as much fish as the dolphins. How many buckets of fish are the sea otters fed each day? Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Homework Review “Birthday Cookout” Bob turned 60 this year! His family celebrated by having a cookout. Marcy took orders and found one fifth as many people wanted chicken as wanted steaks, one fourth as many people wanted steaks as wanted hot dogs, and one half as many people wanted hot dogs as wanted hamburgers. She gave her son-in-law, the chef, an order for 80 hamburgers. The chef needs more information. He has to know: ●How many people asked for chicken? ●How many people asked for steak? ●How many asked for hot-dogs? Use words, pictures and numbers to tell the chef what he needs to know. Be prepared to share!

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

POTD A factory puts 2/3 of a gallon of vinegar into each batch of salad dressing. How many gallons of vinegar will be used in 3 batches? Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Homework Review Field Shape Fraction of Whole Dollar Value T Trapezoid B Parallelogram C Hexagon D E Triangle F G H I J Total: $1,200 The farm fields above are worth a total of $1,200. The fields are divided up like pattern blocks; hexagons, trapezoids, parallelograms and triangles. Each field’s value is based on its size (its fractional relationship to the whole plot of farm land). What part of the whole farm does each field represent? What would a fair price for each field be, based on its fractional value? Show and explain all of your mathematical thinking.

Guided Draw an area model to represent each of the following operations. Use your area model to help you compute the answer to each problem. 6 x

Independent Draw an area model to represent each of the following operations. Use your area model to help you compute the answer to each problem. 1) 8 x 2) 6 x 3) 8 x Explain Using ShowMe and then display on a poster.

Thursday, December 19, 2013

POTD Last month, Lillian and Nalini sold candy to raise money for their debate team. Nalini sold 3/4 as much candy as Lillian did. If Lillian sold 5 boxes of candy, how many boxes of candy did Nalini sell? Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Fraction Pie Game The object of the game is to be the first person to make 15 wholes. You have to complete a whole for it to count toward the 15. You need to be able to prove your answer. 1. Each person takes turns rolling the dice 2. After you have rolled, you must pick what type of pie you choose to color in and then you may color in fractional pies for the value of the roll (for example, if you rolled a 6 and chose halves then you may shade in 6 halves) 3. You are also responsible for filling in your score card as you play. 4. Play several rounds, but be sure to share your strategy when you are done. 5. Be sure you can prove your answer. Fraction Tally Fraction x Tally Product 1/2 1/3 1/4 1/6

Friday, December 20, 2013

POTD On Monday a team of street sweepers cleaned 6 city blocks. Tuesday, the team cleaned 2/3 as many blocks as on Monday. How many city blocks did the street sweepers clean on Tuesday? Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Fraction Quilts Make ¼ of your design green Make ½ of your design blue http://www.ledgemontschools.org/vimages/shared/vnews/stories/52866a1170eb9/Zembower%20grade%206%20blizzard%20bag%201.pdf Make ¼ of your design green Make ½ of your design blue Make 1/8 of your design red Make 1/16 yellow Make the remainder a color of your choice. What is that fraction?

Math Rotations Pattern Blocks http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Patterns/ Use 12 tiles to create a design. What fraction of your design is... Blue? Red? Yellow? Green? Be Sure to SIMPLIFY your answer!!! http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/images/triangle.gif

Math Stations Ordering Fractions Fraction Sorting http://www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/math/PDF/orderfractions.pdf Fraction Sorting http://www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/math/PDF/fracsort.pdf Fraction Word Problems http://www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/math/PDF/fracword.pdf Equivalent Fraction Mix and Match http://www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/math/PDF/fracmix.pdf The Language of Fractions https://ccgpsmathematicsk-5.wikispaces.com/file/view/Mega-Fun%2BFractions.pdf page31 l