Unit 8: Fractions and Ratios
Unit 8 At A Glance
On Going Goals...
Unit Goals...
Useful Downloads... (Some documents are password protected. Hint: " It's great to be a Lovett ____.)
Extra Practice By Lesson... ( Do not do the practice pages until you have completed the lesson in class.)
Unit 8 Games (Many of these can be found online too!)
Unit 8 Vocabulary (Use the online SRB to look up these terms.)
- recite all multiplication facts automatically, (without counting on my fingers.)
- recognize patterns in multiples of 10
- recite division facts automatically
- devise an estimation strategy to solve a problem
- continue to develop measurement and probability strategies
Unit Goals...
- convert among fractions, decimals, and percents
- find common denominators
- order and compare fractions
- use an algorithm to subtract mixed numbers with like denominators
- use an algorithm to add mixed numbers
- convert between fractions and mixed or whole numbers
- use an algorithm to multiply fractions and mixed numbers
Useful Downloads... (Some documents are password protected. Hint: " It's great to be a Lovett ____.)
Extra Practice By Lesson... ( Do not do the practice pages until you have completed the lesson in class.)
- 8.1: Review: Comparing Fractions
- 8.2: Adding Mixed Numbers
- 8.3: Subtracting Mixed Numbers
- 8.4: Calculator Practice: Computation with Fractions
- 8.5: Fractions of Fractions
- 8.6: An Area Model for Fraction Multiplication
- 8.7: Multiplication of Fractions and Whole Numbers
- 8.8: Multiplication of Mixed Numbers
- 8.9: Finding a Percent of a Number
- 8.10: Relating Fractional Units to the Whole
- 8.11: American Tour: Rural and Urban
- 8.12: Fraction Division
Unit 8 Games (Many of these can be found online too!)
- 8.1 & 8.12: Build-It
- 8.2 & 8.11: Fraction Capture
- 8.3: Mixed-Number Spin
- 8.4: Fraction Action, Fraction Friction
- 8.5: Fraction Spin
- 8.7: Name That Number
- 8.8: Frac-Tac-Toe
- 8.10: Factor Captor
- Any math fact games from the games tab at the top or your teacher's website
- Here are some additional Everyday Math game resources that are broken down by grade and unit. Games by grade and unit
Unit 8 Vocabulary (Use the online SRB to look up these terms.)
- Area Model
- Discount
- Horizontal
- Quick Common Denominator
- Unit Fraction
- Unit Percent
- Vertical