In this performance assessment, students will answer story problems by multiplying fractions and mixed numbers. Specifically, students will be asked to use models and write equations to show how to multiply fractions and mixed numbers.
Students will write their own recipe and then tell how many batches were used to make something for a party. This assessment might best be used after students have learned the standard of multiplying fractions by whole numbers and how to draw them using a model.
In this performance assessment, students will answer story problems by multiplying fractions and mixed numbers. Specifically, students will be asked to use models and write equations to show how to multiply fractions and mixed numbers.
Students will write their own recipe and then tell how many batches were used to make something for a party. This assessment might best be used after students have learned the standard of multiplying fractions by whole numbers and how to draw them using a model.
| Big Ideas | Competencies |
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B. Operations and Algebraic ThinkingStudents can use mathematics to analyze and evaluate historical, political, economic, scientific, and social problems and make conjectures about possible solutions. |
Solve Word Problems with Fractions 2Students can represent and solve word problems involving the multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers using models or equations, including area models. |
Below are analytic teacher rubrics. The column on the left shows the dimension that is being measured in the student’s performance. The levels across the top row indicate the performance level in the dimensions. Occasionally all dimensions and performance levels are exemplified by multiple students in a single recording.
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