Fraction Products: Models

The video tutorial covers the concept of fractions using shapes and explains how to multiply whole numbers and fractions. It introduces multiplication as repeated addition and demonstrates it with examples. The tutorial also covers multiplying fractions by whole numbers using diagrams and number lines. Finally, it explains how to use area models to multiply fractions, emphasizing the importance of visual aids in understanding multiplication.

What fraction does a circle represent if one part is shaded out of six equal parts?

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 1/6

How can you think of the multiplication of whole numbers?

• As subtraction

• As a fraction

• As repeated addition

• As division

What is the product of 1/5 multiplied by 4?

• 1/5

• 5/5

• 4/5

• 1/4

On a number line, what is 5 times 1/3 equivalent to?

• 2 and 2/3

• 2 and 1/3

• 1 and 2/3

• 1 and 1/3

In an area model, what is the product of 2/7 and 3/5?

• 7/35

• 8/35

• 5/35

• 6/35