Transcript Improper fractions & mixed #s

Monday - Math
Improper fractions and mixed
numbers
CW / HW: WB pg. 58 (1-11)
Mountain Math – Due Friday
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B
A
C
Pattern Blocks
How many hexagons
fit into a hexagon?
1 hex = 1
How many trapezoids
fit into a hexagon?
1 trap = 1/2
How many
parallelograms fit?
How many triangles
fit?
1 par = 1/3
1 tri = 1/6
Make some changes!
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Trade in the following for as few pieces
as possible.
9/2
=4
9 trapezoids = 9/2
1
2
The MATH!
This becomes
the
DENOMINATOR!
4
2) 9
-8
1
Instead of
becoming a
remainder,
this is the
NUMERATOR!
Your turn! 15/6
Trade the triangles
in so you end up
with as few pieces
as possible!
15
6
=
1
22
Simplest
Form
The MATH!
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6 ) 15
-12
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SIMPLIFY
Go the other way!
This time, trade your
pieces so that you
end up with as
MANY as possible!
The MATH!
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When you change a mixed number into
an improper fraction, you have to be…
How to be b-B-add:
2
36
b…bottom times
B…BIG, then
Add…the numerator
6 x 3 = 18 + 2 = 20
20
6
Try it again!
Trade your pieces
so that you end up
with as MANY as
possible!
The MATH!
Class work…or home work
WB pg. 58 (1-11)
 You can use the pattern blocks while you
are in class.
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Video tour “What is a Trait?”
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Heredity and Traits and click on
“what is a trait” Go through the slide
show.
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KWL Chart (on nb paper)
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Brain Pop – Causes of the Civil War
What do you
What do you
What did you
KNOW about the WANT to know LEARN about the
causes of the
about the causes
causes of the
Civil War?
of the Civil War?
Civil War?