Understanding fractions (age 10+)
Move fluently between real-world situations, diagrams, coordinate grids, algebraic expressions, tables, and symbolic equations involving fractions, ratio, and algebra, explaining connections between representations
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“When your child is working on an algebra or ratio problem, can they move fluidly between a graph, a table of values, a written equation, and a real-world story — explaining how each representation shows the same relationship?”
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- Activity. Move fluently between real-world situations, diagrams, coordinate grids, algebraic expressions, tables, and symbolic equations involving fractions, ratio, and algebra, explaining connections between representations
What to notice. Translate a word problem into an algebraic equation and also represent it on a bar model • Plot data from a table onto a coordinate grid and interpret the relationship • Explain how a pie chart, a fraction, and a percentage all represent the same proportion
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When your child is working on an algebra or ratio problem, can they move fluidly between a graph, a table of values, a written equation, and a real-world story — explaining how each representation shows the same relationship?
Move fluently between real-world situations, diagrams, coordinate grids, algebraic expressions, tables, and symbolic equations involving fractions, ratio, and algebra, explaining connections between representations
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- Translate a word problem into an algebraic equation and also represent it on a bar model
- Plot data from a table onto a coordinate grid and interpret the relationship
- Explain how a pie chart, a fraction, and a percentage all represent the same proportion
“When your child is working on an algebra or ratio problem, can they move fluidly between a graph, a table of values, a written equation, and a real-world story — explaining how each representation shows the same relationship?”
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- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Mathematical Thinking
- Age range
- Ages 10–11