Multiplication of Fractions by Whole Numbers

Subject: Math, Numbers and Operations Fractions

Type: 1 Lesson Plan

Skills:

• Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of fractions & multiplication, attend to precision and reason abstractly & quantitatively
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
• Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction
• Using pictures, number lines and repeated addition to multiply fractions by whole numbers
• Using number lines to multiply fractions by whole numbers
• Complete an exit slip to help you determine instructional next steps

Materials Needed:

• Blank paper
• Pencil, crayons/colored pencils
• Document camera or whiteboard

Printable Resources:

• Student Resources:
  • “Exit Slips”  (1 copy per student)
  • “Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers” (1 copy per student)
• Teacher Resources:
  • “Exit Slips” Answer Key  (1 copy per student)
  • “Introduction Problem Solutions”(1 copy for display)
  • “Sample Problems 1-3 Solutions” (1 copy for display)
  • “Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers” Answer Key

CCSS: 5.NF.4, MP1, MP2, MP4, MP6, MP8

File Type: PDF