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Course Description Lyles T
Course Description Lyles T
Course Description Lyles T
The student will explore how to get multiple wholes to be broken into equivalent pieces
through the use of Least Common Multiples, and apply fractions to basic problem solving.
Students will connect LCM to being a faster way to cut wholes into equal pieces
If one whole is cut into 3 pieces and another whole is split into 4 equal pieces, we cannot
compare them until all the pieces are the same size. Suggest some ways we can make all
the pieces the same size. Use the illustration to help.
Remember the LCM of 1/4 and 1/3 is 12, so you can cut them both into 12 equal pieces.
1
/4 (or 3/12) + 1
/3 (or 4/12) = 7
/12
Students will apply fraction operations to problem solving.
Assignment:
In groups of 3, choose one of the following story problems below and complete the following.
1) Draw the fractions in the story problem. Try to illustrate the fraction as it relates to the
problem. (Ex. Draw boxes if the problem is filling up fractions of a box.)
2) Calculate the problem mathematically. (Show how it would be represented with
numbers.)
3) Give a through explanation on how you solved the problem. (Describe the decision
process in deciding how to solve the problem.)
Then post your problem to the Answers page.