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Cross Simplifying Lesson - Teach your students the math behind the shortcuts! This lesson will unveil the math behind the shortcut "cross-cancelling" which students use simplify fractions before multiplying them. Chances are your students have no idea why it works or where it comes from. Cross simplifying to give it a name that depicts what is actually happening. Teach your students to understand, and they'll never have to memorize! This lesson works best within a multiplying fractions unit f

Looking for a fun and engaging worksheet for your 6th graders to practice higher level problems on ratios and rates? This Self Checking Ratios and Rates Scavenger Hunt will keep your students engaged as they hunt for their answers around the sheet and eventually loop back to the first problem. The students will know they've completed the problems correctly because they can find the answer somewhere else on the page. After completing the last problem, the final answer will be back in the fir

EDITABLE PowerPoint - Comprehensive  assessment for the end of a 5th grade math unit on multiplying fractions and mixed numbers. Includes  a variety of skill, application, and higher level problems to test your students. Four student pages allow for plenty of room for students to show work. Just print and go! Variety of questions using models, number sense, and word problems. Prepare your students for the upcoming test or quiz by providing them with the included study guide and sample question

Your last minute search for review game questions is over! This file includes THIRTY questions with answers to help your students practice adding and subtracting with mixed numbers. Each question and each answer are on different pages, so you can use them in classroom review games and show the questions one at a time. *Both black AND white backgrounds are included in case you want to print! Questions Include: Estimating SumsAdding Mixed NumbersSubtracting Mixed NumbersSubtracting Mixed Numbers

Note: You do NOT need to own the fraction multipliers in order to use this activity. There is space for the students to draw the models without using the manipulatives. Fraction multiplication area models are an important part of getting students to understand the concepts. After teaching your students how to make the models, they can practice with this activity. This guided activity sheet has 3 word problems that the students must model and solve, one without a question that the students mu

Build fraction number sense with this estimating sums game! Many ways to differentiate are included. In this activity, students will work in groups of 2-4 to practice estimating the sum of two fractional addends while competing against their classmates to see whose estimate is the closest. Fraction and decimal numbers are included. They can be played together for mixed practice, or separated for isolated practice. Students learn to realize that rounding each addend isn’t always the best way to

Skill and word problem practice with adding and subtracting mixed numbers including regrouping. Practice worksheet includes 10 higher level word problems with multiple questions in each problem. Use these two sheets as a classwork assignment, independent homework assignment, or groupwork to practice adding and subtracting mixed numbers with regrouping. Product is a PDF file that includes: Two student pages10 problemsAnswer keyImplementation SuggestionsIf you have any questions or comments please

Introduction to Fraction Division Worksheet – This free worksheet will guide your students to discover strategies to divide fractions that will make sense to them. This division sheet is meant to serve as a guided lesson that uses students’ previous knowledge of division. Questions increase with difficulty as the students find out how common denominators can be helpful in dividing fractions. Product is a pdf file that includes: Intro notesPractice problemsAnswer KeyImplementation Suggestio