Isabella: Math: Grade 5: Session 6

Multiplying Fractions Using Diagrams

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Cancellation: dividing the numerator &

denominator by a common factor when
possible—same thing you do when you
simplify or bring to lowest terms.

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Example 3

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Other Examples

Practice:

(answer: 171-177)

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Dividing Fractions
• 2 ways

Common Denominator Method

Reciprocal Method

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Example

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 (answer: 180-185; 186-192)

Finding the Fractional Part of a Number

Figure 1: What fraction of the figure is shaded?

A: 96
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100

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 A: 77
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100

A: 9
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100

Explanation 1

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Explanation 2

Explanation 3

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Explanation 4:

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Exercises:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/fractiondecimalpercentage/fra
ctions/fractionsofquantities/activity.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/fractiondecimalpercentage/fra
ctions/fractionsofquantities/quiz.shtml

Exercise 1:

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Exercise 2:

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Exercise 3:

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ANSWER KEY 1

ANSWER KEY 2:

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ANSWER KEY 3:

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 Forming Equal Ratios or Proportion
• ratio:
• is a comparison of two quantities of the same unit

• ratio of smileys to hearts = 3:4—read as three is to four

• 3 and 4 are called terms

first term second term

• written in several ways: 3 to 4; ¾, 3:4

Exercises:
A. What is the ratio of?
1. Your books to notebooks.
2. Fluorescent lamps to ceiling fans.
3. Tables to chairs.

B. Write the following fractions as percentages.

15 7 20 40
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100 10 50 100

3 9 4 5
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25 45 36 50
(answer: 256-262)

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• rate: a ratio that compares quantities of different units
• To type 35 words to 1 minute is to type at the rate of 35 words/ minute.
• 35 words to 1 minute/ 35 words/ 1 minute; 35 words: 1 minute

• proportion: a statement that two ratios/ rates are equal

• 2:3 = 6:9
• law of proportion
o the product of the means equals the product of the extremes
 2:3 = 6:9

means

extremes

o law is used to find the missing term in a proportion

 n:6 = 8:3
nx3=6x8
3n 48
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3 3 (answer: 264-269)

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Finding the Missing Term in a Proportion

(193; chapter test: 198-202)

Resolving Situations Involving Direct and Partitive

Proportions

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