E-Port: Math Check In

Title:  Math Check In Term 2

Questions:

Using these instructions, and the materials in class, build a tangram 2D shape, then label the fraction parts on the blank paper I provided. Then, take a picture and post it as the answer to the question. Please only do this in class with the tangrams and paper provided.

Make the largest parallelogram you can out of the tangrams. Use all the pieces. What is the fractional name for each part?

The smallest triangle from the tangrams has a value of 1/8. What shapes or designs can you make that have an area of 5/8 ? Show two.

The parallelogram is 1/4. Make a shape that shows 7/8. Label each part with a fraction.

The smallest triangle has a value of 1/8. Build two designs that show a whole. Label the parts with fractions.

Show me a rectangle of area 24 with the paper squares. What are all the ways you can make a garden shape that is a rectangle, with an area of 24?

For these questions, solve and/or explain your thinking.

Please tell me the three models for showing proportional thinking that we have used in class. Describe each briefly.

What is a referent?

How would you define what a fraction is?

What is an improper fraction?

What is an equivalent fraction? Give me an example and explain why they are equivalent.

What is 12 3/8  +  14 2/16 ?

What is 32/7  +   2  3/14?