Fractions

Strand: Number
Outcome: 6

Step 1: Identify Outcomes to Address

What do I want my students to learn?
What can my students currently understand and do?
What do I want my students to understand and be able to do, based on the Big Ideas and specific outcomes in the program of studies?

Strand: Number

Grade 7

Grade 8

Grade 9

Specific Outcomes
5.	Demonstrate an understanding of adding and subtracting positive fractions and mixed numbers, with like and unlike denominators, concretely, pictorially and symbolically (limited to positive sums and differences).

Specific Outcomes
6.	Demonstrate an understanding of multiplying and dividing positive fractions and mixed numbers, concretely, pictorially and symbolically.

Specific Outcomes
	There are no directly related specific outcomes in Grade 9.

Multiplication and division of fractions is similar to multiplication and division of whole numbers.
Estimation of multiplication and division helps fraction computations make sense.
For multiplication by a fraction, it is useful to recall that the denominator is a divisor
(Van de Walle and Lovin 2006, p. 66).
For division by a fraction, the two ways of thinking about the operation—partitive model (equal-sharing) and measurement model (equal grouping)—are very important
(Van de Walle and Lovin 2006, p. 66).