Real-world fraction multiplication
Solve real-world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, using visual fraction models or equations
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If a recipe makes 12 biscuits using 1 and 1/2 cups of sugar, and your child wants to make only 2/3 of the recipe, can they work out how much sugar they need?
Solve real-world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, using visual fraction models or equations
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Check understanding
- Solve: 'A recipe needs 2 1/3 cups of flour; you want to make 1 1/2 batches. How much flour?'
- Draw a fraction model to represent and solve a multiplication word problem
- Check the reasonableness of a fraction product in context using estimation
“If a recipe makes 12 biscuits using 1 and 1/2 cups of sugar, and your child wants to make only 2/3 of the recipe, can they work out how much sugar they need?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Fractions
- Age range
- Ages 10–11