Fractions: Equivalence and Operations · Numbers & Operations: Fractions

The Logic of Equivalence

Explaining why fractions are equivalent by using visual fraction models.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can two fractions with different numbers represent the exact same amount?
  2. 2What happens to the size of the parts as the denominator increases?
  3. 3Why must we use the same whole when comparing two different fractions?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.A.1CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.A.2
Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Fractions: Equivalence and Operations
Period: Numbers & Operations: Fractions

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