Grade 4 Unit of Study 12: Equivalent Fractions

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In This Unit of Study…

Students use visual models, such as area models and number lines, as they generate and describe how the numerator and denominator are affected when the equivalent fraction is created. Students explore the addition of a fraction with a denominator of 10 to a fraction with a denominator of 100 by using equivalent fractions. It is not the expectation that students write their fractional answers in lowest terms.

B.E.S.T. Benchmarks:

• MA.4.FR.1.1 Model and express a fraction, including mixed numbers and fractions greater than one, with the denominator 10 as an equivalent fraction with the denominator 100.
• MA.4.FR.1.3 Identify and generate equivalent fractions, including fractions greater than one. Describe how the numerator and denominator are affected when the equivalent fraction is created.

Overarching Key Concepts:

• Identify and generate equivalent fractions (including fractions greater than one)