Fraction Bar Equivalent Fractions

Learning Target(s) 

Today I am learning to… 

• use concrete materials, drawings, and number lines, demonstrate and explain the relationship between equivalent fractions, including fractions greater than one, and explain the identity property of multiplication as it relates to equivalent fractions. Generate equivalent fractions using these relationships.  

Success Criteria

I know I am successful when… 

• I can describe how the number and size of the parts differ even though the fractions are equivalent.  

• I can generate equivalent fractions.  

• I can explain fractional equivalence as multiplicative and why they are not additive. 

What do I know about fractions?

-A fraction compares a part to a whole

-A fraction looks like 3/4

-A fraction has a numerator and a denominator

​fraction bar or vinculum

Definition of Equivalent

Equivalent means...

Equal to

Has the same value

Equivalent Fractions

Look at the fractions and the pictures that represent them.

Open Ended

What do you notice about the numbers in the equivalent fractions?

Multiple Choice

Which fraction is equivalent to 1?

• 1/2
• 1/10
• 5/5
• 5/1

Multiple Choice

Which fraction is equivalent to 4/8?

• 1/2
• 2/2
• 2/6
• 2/8

Multiple Choice

What fraction is green?

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 2/3

• 2/3

Multiple Choice

_{True or False?}

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

¹/_{4 is equivalent to which other fraction?}

• ⁴/₁₀

• ⁴/₂₀

• ⁴/₁₆

• ⁶/₁₆

Multiple Choice

Do the math!

• 6/9

• 6/6

• 9/9

• 2/3

Equivalent Fractions RECAP

• Equivalent Fractions have the same value, even though they may look different.

• 1/2 = 2/4 = 4/8

• The rule to remember is:

  "Change the bottom using multiply or divide, And the same to the top must be applied"