Parent Activity
Title
Parent
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Equivalent Fractions
During the past few weeks, 4th grade mathematics classes learned
about factors, multiples, and fractions. They also learned how to
find common factors and multiples and use what they have learned
to write equivalent fractions and fractions in simplest form. Along
with this, they also learned how to estimate fraction amounts.
You can expect to see in their assignment practice problems that
they are required to work with factors, multiples, and fractions.
Below is a sample of how your child has been taught to write
equivalent fractions:
Benchmark
Objective
MA.4.A.6.4 – Determine factors and multiples for specified whole
numbers.
MA.4.A.6.3 – Generate equivalent fractions and simplify fractions.
MA.4.A.2.4 – Compare and order decimals, and estimate fraction
and decimal amounts in real-world problems.
Your child will learn how to find simplify and find equivalent
fractions.
Adapted from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers www.thinkcentral.com Vocabulary
Duration
Materials
Activity
common factor: A number that is a factor of two or more numbers.
common multiple: A multiple of two or more numbers.
equivalent fractions: Fractions that name the same amount.
simplest form: When 1 is the only number that can be evenly
divided into the numerator and denominator of a
fraction.
common denominator: A common multiple of the denominators of
two or more fractions.
30 minutes
fraction circles
Have child assemble all of the circles in the set and explore how
each circle is divided into different numbers and sizes of pieces.
Take away 3 of the 6 pieces. What fraction is left? Try to cover
that amount with other fractional pieces to find another way to
write the same amount. Have child create other equivalent
fractions using the circles.
Adapted from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers www.thinkcentral.com Sample
FCAT
Question
14
of the team members are boys. Which
On Sally’s swim team,
20
14
fraction is equivalent to
?
20
3
4
4
B.
5
7
C.
10
20
D.
14
A.
Answer is: C
Additional
Resources
and
Information
Florida Department of Education (www.fldoe.org)
Destination Math, BrainPop
Adapted from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers www.thinkcentral.com