This Multiplication by Scaling Foldable is a hands-on, interactive resource designed to help students build a strong conceptual understanding of multiplying fractions and mixed numbers. Instead of memorizing rules, students learn to reason about how multiplication changes the size of a number by analyzing whether factors are greater than 1, less than 1, or equal to 1. Students label each factor, compare the product to the original number using greater than, less than, or equal to symbols, an