Fractions & Decimals

The progression of Fractions: The Meaning, Equivalence & Comparison

Early Fraction operation strategies

                                                (3rd -4th grade)

Models for equivalence

Later Fraction operation strategies  

                                                                                           (5th grade)


Strategies for adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers

Strategies for multiplying a whole number by a fraction

Strategies for multiplying a fraction times a fraction or a mixed number times a mixed number

Strategies for dividing a whole number by a unit fraction or a unit fraction by a whole number  

                                                                                          (dividing fraction by fractions starts in 6th grade)

Early decimal operation strategies (4th grade)


Later decimal operation strategies (5th grade)


Strategies for adding and subtracting decimal numbers

Strategies for multiplying & dividing decimal numbers