In this performance assessment, students will multiply whole numbers by fractions to find how much pizza different pizza parlors sold.
Specifically, students will be asked to draw models and write equations to represent models to show their understanding of how to multiply fractions by whole numbers.
Students will also have to write their own story about an imaginary pizza parlor that sold slices of pizza to a group of people. Then, the students will write an equation and draw a model to represent their story.
Additional guidelines: 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 multiply whole numbers by fractions to find how much pizza different pizza parlors sold.
Specifically, students will be asked to draw models and write equations to represent models to show their understanding of how to multiply fractions by whole numbers.
Students will also have to write their own story about an imaginary pizza parlor that sold slices of pizza to a group of people. Then, the students will write an equation and draw a model to represent their story.
Additional guidelines: 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.
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A. Understanding and Applying Number SystemsStudents understand that numbers hold value and can choose the appropriate representations and algorithms to reason quantitatively, abstractly, and efficiently. |
Strategies for Multiplying Fractions 1Students can use number lines and other models to express a whole number multiple of a/b as a whole number multiple of 1/b and use this understanding to multiply a fraction by a whole number. |
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