Understanding Benchmark Fractions

Understanding Benchmark Fractions

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

5th Grade

Hard

Created by

Thomas White

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This video tutorial for fifth graders covers lesson 9-3 on problem-solving and writing to explain. The lesson focuses on using benchmark fractions to estimate and assess the reasonableness of answers. Students learn to use number lines to compare fractions and practice with visual aids like pictures. The tutorial includes practice problems, a word problem involving garden fractions, and a challenge problem. Students are encouraged to take notes and review their understanding of the learning goals.

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12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main focus of lesson 9-3?

Exploring geometric shapes

Learning multiplication tables

Problem-solving with benchmark fractions

Understanding decimals

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a learning goal of this lesson?

To memorize multiplication tables

To practice spelling

To learn about historical events

To use benchmark fractions to estimate

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a benchmark fraction?

A fraction used in geometry

A fraction that represents a whole number

A common fraction used for comparison

A fraction used to measure length

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these is NOT a benchmark fraction?

Three-fourths

Two-fifths

One-third

One-fourth

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can you estimate if a fraction is close to one?

By using a calculator

By seeing if the numerator and denominator are large and close together

By checking if the numerator is zero

By drawing a picture

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What characteristic do fractions closer to zero have?

They are always improper fractions

Small numerators and numerators and denominators that are far apart

Numerators and denominators that are close together

Large numerators and denominators

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where would the fraction 9/10 be placed on a number line?

Closer to zero

Exactly at one-half

Closer to one

Closer to one-half

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