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.
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