Fraction Equivalence Using Division
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Examples, solutions, and videos to help Grade 4 students learn how to use the area model and division to show the equivalence of two fractions.
Common Core Standards: 4.NF.1, 4.NF.3b
New York State Common Core Grade 4, Module 5, Lesson 10
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Lesson 10 Concept Development
Problem 1: Simplify a fraction by drawing to find a common factor, and relate to division.
Problem 2: Draw an area model of a number sentence that shows the simplification of a fraction.
Lesson 10 Problem Set
Each rectangle represents 1 whole.
- Compose the shaded fraction into larger fractional units. Express the equivalent fractions in a number sentence using division. The first one has been done for you.
- Compose the shaded fractions into larger fractional units. Express the equivalent fractions in a number sentence using division.
- Draw an area model to represent each number sentence below.
a. 4/10 = 2/5
b. 6/9 = 2/3 - Use division to rename each fraction given below. Draw a model if that helps you. See if you can use the largest common factor.
a. 4/8
b. 8/12
c. 9/12
d. 10/15
Lesson 10 Homework
Each rectangle represents one whole.
- Compose the shaded fraction into larger fractional units. Express the equivalent fractions in a number sentence using division. The first one has been done for you.
- Compose the shaded fractions into larger fractional units. Express the equivalent fractions in a number sentence using division.
- Draw an area model to represent each number sentence below.
a. 12/16 = 3/4
b. 6/18 = 2/6 - Use division to rename each fraction given below. Draw a model if that helps you. See if you can use the largest common factor.
a. 6/9
b. 4/12
c. 10/15
d. 12/16
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