Unit 6 Fractions
Day 1 Harvey is having a birthday party. He knows that all of his friends love pizza. He invites 3 three friends to his party. How should Harvey cut his pizza so that everyone gets the same amount?
Day 1 Right after Harvey cut his pizza into 4 slices the doorbell rings!! Four more friends show up to Harvey’s party. How can Harvey make sure everyone has an equal slice now?
Day 1 How many slices are left? 1 8 + 1 8 + 1 8 = 3 8
Day 1 What fraction of the pizza is cheese? 4 8 or ½ Write the fraction as the sum of unit fractions 1 8 + 1 8 + 1 8 + 1 8 = 4 8
Day 1 Fraction Vocabulary Numerator: the top part of a fraction Shows parts of a whole Denominator : the bottom part of a fraction Shows the total amount in the whole
Day 2: Papa Johns Parking
Day 2: Papa Johns Parking 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 1 whole Our parking lot looks just like a number line! We can use it to help us with fractions.
Day 2: Papa Johns Parking What if Harvey takes up more than one space? 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 1 whole ¼ + ¼ + ¼ = ¾
Day 2: Papa Johns Parking 1 4 2 4 3 4 1 Bellville ISD
Day 2: Papa Johns Parking 1 4 1 Bellville ISD 2 4 3 4 1 4 2 4
Day 3 Use smartboard lesson.
Day 4
Day 4 What you do to the top, you do to the bottom!
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Day 4 Practice
½ = ? Day 4 Now let’s try it without the table! ½ = ? What could we multiply both numbers by? Let’s try 2 1x2=2 2x2=4…….. 2/4
Day 4 Practice
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Day 5 12 30
Day 5 4 6 3 9
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Day 7 Sam has 6/8 of the charge left on his phone. He uses 2/8 of the charge playing a game. What fraction of charge does he have left?
Day 7 Kylie made 12 chocolate chip cookies. She gave 2 cookies to her friend Ally and 7 cookies to her teacher. What fraction of cookies did Kylie give away?
Day 7 Jackson had 8 slices of pizza. He ate 3 slices during lunch. What fraction of pizza does Jackson have left to share with his friends?
Day 7 Ayme has a coin collection. She has twenty coins in her collection. Ayme has 6 quarters that were printed in 1950 and 7 pennies that were printed in 1950. What fraction of Ayme’s collection was printed in 1950?
Day 9 Today you will take a fraction assessment. Good luck and try your best!
Day 10 Brainstorm with your table. What is a factor????
Day 10 A factor is what you multiply to get a product 12 x 4 = 48 Factor factor product
Day 10 List the factors of 12: 1x12 2x6 3x4 1,2,3,4,6,12….everyone has a buddy!
Day 10 Factors of 20 Factors of 35
Day 11 Multiples: multiples of a whole number are found by taking the product of any counting number and that whole number. Think skip counting!! 2: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12…….
Day 11 Find the multiples of ….. 8: 10: 12
Day 11 An ice cream truck visits Lisa’s neighborhood every 4 days during the summer. Unfortunately, she missed it today. When can Lisa expect the ice cream truck to visit her neighborhood again?
Day 11 The Least Common Multiple: the smallest multiple that two products share Example Find the multiples of the whole number 4. Multiply 4 x 1 4 x 2 4 x 3 4 x 4 4 x 5 4 x 6 4 x 7 4 x 8 Multiple: 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 Solution: The multiples of 4 are 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32,...
Day 11 Find the LCM of….. 10 and 12 14 and 24 10 and 15
Day 11 Mrs. Hernandez waters one of her plants every 10 days and another plant every 14 days. If she waters both plants today, when is the next time both plants will be watered on the same day?
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Day 14 Harvey loves football. He wants to have a pizza party for the big Houston Texans vs. Dallas Cowboys game. He orders two pizzas. He notices that Papa John’s cut the pepperoni pizza into 8 slices and the sausage pizza into 6 slices. If Harvey ate 4 slices of pepperoni and his friend ate 4 slices of sausage, who ate more pizza? Discuss with your table.
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