1. MULTIPLY a FRACTION by a WHOLE NUMBER
4th Grade NF.4
Supplies: Each student will need manipulatives to make several sets of fractions.
Suggestions: 2 different colors of tokens, beans, stickers, fraction boxes to shade, etc.

2. Our Problem is: 5 x (1/4) = ___
How many ¼ do we have? 5
Show me 5 separate representations of ¼.
XXXX(1/4) XXXX(1/4) XXXX(1/4) XXXX(1/4) XXXX(1/4)
How do we find out how many ¼ we have altogether?
Repeated Addition
¼ + ¼ + ¼ + ¼ + ¼ = 5/4
Now put all your representations of ¼ together.
X X X X X (5/4)
Can we leave the answer as 5/4? NO

3. How do we rename the improper fraction 5/4?
Change it into a mixed number
How do we make this fraction a mixed number?
Divide
How many groups of 4 are there in 5? 1
Are there any ¼ remaining?
Yes, we have one ¼ remaining.
What is our final answer?
1 ¼ CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 Let’s try another problem!!! 
6 X (1/7) = ___