Number and Operations—Fractions
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- Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions
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- This standard is part of: 5.NF
- This standard is derived from: CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.B
More specific sub-standards
Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a y b). Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem.
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction.
Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing), by:
Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem.
Apply and extend previous understandings of division to divide unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions.
Similar standards in other grades
Understand a fraction a/b with a > 1 as a sum of fractions 1/b.
Understand addition and subtraction of fractions as joining and separating parts referring to the same whole.
Decompose a fraction into a sum of fractions with the same denominator in more than one way, recording each decomposition by an equation. Justify decompositions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model (including, but not limited to: concrete models, illustrations, tape diagram, number line, area model, etc.).
Add and subtract mixed numbers with like denominators, e.g., by replacing each mixed number with an equivalent fraction, and/or by using properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.
Similar standards elsewhere
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.