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Students use a recipe for Fruit Salad that serves 4 people made of fractions and Mixes Numbers to rewrite the recipe to serve 20 people. Fun recipe card style makes for real world learning and makes a connection for students with fractions. Included on student recipe card is a space for them to write about their strategy and thought process. Topics included are: improper fractions mixed numbers multiplying whole numbers by fractions multiplying whole numbers by mixed numbers converting impr

Students use a recipe for Sherbet Punch recipe that serves 10 people made of fractions and Mixes Numbers to rewrite the recipe to serve 20 people. Fun recipe card style makes for real world learning and makes a connection for students with fractions. Included on student recipe card is a space for them to write about their strategy and thought process. Topics included are: improper fractions mixed numbers multiplying whole numbers by fractions multiplying whole numbers by mixed numbers conve

Students use a recipe for Muddy Buddy recipe that serves 9 people made of fractions and Mixes Numbers to rewrite the recipe to serve 27 people. Fun recipe card style makes for real world learning and makes a connection for students with fractions. Included on student recipe card is a space for them to write about their strategy and thought process. Topics included are: improper fractions mixed numbers multiplying whole numbers by fractions multiplying whole numbers by mixed numbers converti

Students are asked to "show half" of the boxed grid. Hold a class gallery walk to allow students to share their thinking and appreciate and understand other's ideas of "half". This is a great introduction to your fractions unit and will get the conversation started.

This real world type problem asks students to add fractions with like denominators and analyze their answer. There is a space for students to show their thinking and provides a visual.