Understanding fractions (age 10+)
Mathematics · Mathematical Thinking · meta
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 mastery looks like
- 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
Check your understanding
When Understanding fractions (age 10+) 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?
Prerequisites
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