This 3 day lesson has students using a variety of visual tools and concrete models to develop their reasoning about how fractions can be combined through addition with a focus on linear models.
The goal of this activity is to give students a visual experience of multiplying a fraction by a whole number before we name this as fraction multiplication.
This lesson extends from "Pieces and Parts", asking students to investigate dot images to problem solve four fractions of four whole numbers with a manimum sum.
In this activity, students develop their intuition about fraction division by exploring fractions of pieces of paper can be used to create cards.