Standard
- CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF
- Number and Operations--Fractions
- CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.B
- Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.
- CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.B.5
- Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing), by:
- CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.B.5b
- Explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction greater than 1 results in a product greater than the given number (recognizing multiplication by whole numbers greater than 1 as a familiar case); explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction less than 1 results in a product smaller than the given number; and relating the principle of fraction equivalence a/b = (n x a)/(n x b) to the effect of multiplying a/b by 1.