Unit 6 Fourth Grade 2012 2013

Isaac School District, No. 5
Mathematics Curriculum Guide: Fourth Grade

Unit 6
Fraction Cards and Decimal Squares:
Fractions and Decimals Total Sessions: 25
Big Ideas: Essential Questions:
Students will understand that:  What strategy could I use to solve this problem?
 Problem solving can be approached and represented through many  What makes me think that the answer is correct?
different methods.
 Could I represent the information in this problem in a different way?
 Fractions, and decimals represent parts of a whole.
 When might ¼ be larger than ½?
 The size of a fractional part is dependent on the whole.
 When are fractions used?
Unit Vocabulary: fraction, denominator, numerator, thirds, sixths, land markers, decimal

Domain: Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)
(Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to whole numbers less than or equal to 1,000,000.)
AZ Math Standards AZ Math Standards
Cluster: Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.

Students are expected to:
4.NBT.2. Read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals, number 4.MP.2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
names, and expanded form. Compare two multi-digit numbers based on meanings of
the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of 4.MP.4. Model with mathematics.
comparisons.
(Sessions:1.1-1.7) 4.MP.6. Attend to precision.
Connections: 4.NBT.1
4.MP.7. Look for and make use of structure.
Explanations and Examples

The expanded form of 275 is 200 + 70 + 5. Students use place value to compare numbers. For example, in comparing 34,570 and 34,192, a student might say, both numbers
have the same value of 10,000s and the same value of 1000s however, the value in the 100s place is different so that is where I would compare the two numbers.

Fourth Grade Underline= Tier 2 words
Investigation Unit 6
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Domain: Number and Operations—Fractions (NF)
(Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 100.)
Cluster: Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering.

4.NF.1. Explain why a fraction a/b is equivalent to a fraction (n x a)/(n x b) by using 4.MP.2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
visual fraction models, with attention to how the number and size of the parts differ
even though the two fractions themselves are the same size. Use this principle to 4.MP.4. Model with mathematics.
recognize and generate equivalent fractions.
Connections: 4.RI.7; 4.SL.1b; 4.SL.1c; 4.SL.1d; ET04-S1C2-02
4.MP.8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
This standard extends the work in third grade by using additional denominators (5, 10, 12, and 100).
Students can use visual models or applets to generate equivalent fractions.
All the models show 1/2. The second model shows 2/4 but also shows that 1/2 and 2/4 are equivalent fractions because their areas are equivalent. When a horizontal line is
drawn through the center of the model, the number of equal parts doubles and size of the parts is halved.
Students will begin to notice connections between the models and fractions in the way both the parts and wholes are counted and begin to generate a rule for writing equivalent
fractions.
1/2 x 2/2 = 2/4.

1 2=2x1 3=3x1 4=4x1
2 4 2x2 6 3x2 8 4x2

Technology Connection: http://illuminations.nctm.org/activitydetail.aspx?id=80

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4.NF.2. Compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators, 4.MP.2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
e.g., by creating common denominators or numerators, or by comparing to a
benchmark fraction such as 1/2. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the 4.MP.4. Model with mathematics.
two fractions refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with symbols
>, =, or <, and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model. 4.MP.5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
Connection: 4.RI.5; ET04-S1C4-01

1
Fractions may be compared using as a benchmark.
2

Possible student thinking by using benchmarks:
1 1
 is smaller than because when 1 whole is cut into 8 pieces, the pieces are much smaller than when 1 whole is cut into 2 pieces.
8 2
Possible student thinking by creating common denominators:
5 1 3 1 5 3
 > because = and >
6 2 6 2 6 6
Fractions with common denominators may be compared using the numerators as a guide.
2 3 5
 < <
6 6 6
3 3 3
Fractions with common numerators may be compared and ordered using the denominators as a guide. < <
10 8 4

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Cluster: Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings

4.NF.3. Understand a fraction a/b with a > 1 as a sum of fractions 1/b. 4.MP.1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
a. Understand addition and subtraction of fractions as joining and separating parts
referring to the same whole. 4.MP.2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
b. Decompose a fraction into a sum of fractions with the same denominator in more
than one way, recording each decomposition by an equation. Justify 4.MP.4. Model with mathematics.
decompositions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.
Examples: 3/8=1/8+1/8+1/8 ; 3/8=1/8+2/8; 2 1/8=1 + 1+1/8=8/8+8/8 +1/8. 4.MP.5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
c. Add and subtract mixed numbers with like denominators, e.g., by replacing each
mixed number with an equivalent fraction, and/or by using properties of 4.MP.6. Attend to precision.
operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.
d. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to 4.MP.7. Look for and make use of structure.
the same whole and having like denominators, e.g., by using visual fraction
models and equations to represent the problem. 4.MP.8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
(Sessions: 1.8A / 2.7A )
Connections: 4.RI.7; 4.W.2b; ET04-S1C2-02; ET04-S1C4-01

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A fraction with a numerator of one is called a unit fraction. When students investigate fractions other than unit fractions, such as 2/3, they should
be able to decompose the non-unit fraction into a combination of several unit fractions.
Example: 2/3 = 1/3 + 1/3
Being able to visualize this decomposition into unit fractions helps students when adding or subtracting fractions. Students need multiple opportunities to work with mixed
numbers and be able to decompose them in more than one way. Students may use visual models to help develop this understanding.
Example:
 1¼-¾= 4 /4 + ¼ = 5/4 5/4 – ¾ = 2/4 or ½
Example of word problem:
 Mary and Lacey decide to share a pizza. Mary ate 3/6 and Lacey ate 2/6 of the pizza. How much of the pizza did the girls eat together?
Solution: The amount of pizza Mary ate can be thought of a 3/6 or 1/6 and 1/6 and 1/6. The amount of pizza Lacey ate can be thought of a 1/6 and
1/6. The total amount of pizza they ate is 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 or 5/6 of the whole pizza
A separate algorithm for mixed numbers in addition and subtraction is not necessary. Students will tend to add or subtract the whole numbers first and then work with the
fractions using the same strategies they have applied to problems that contained only fractions.
Example:
 Susan and Maria need 8 3/8 feet of ribbon to package gift baskets. Susan has 3 1/8 feet of ribbon and Maria has 5 3/8 feet of ribbon.
How much ribbon do they have altogether? Will it be enough to complete the project? Explain why or why not.

The student thinks: I can add the ribbon Susan has to the ribbon Maria has to find out how much ribbon they have altogether. Susan has 3 1/8
feet of ribbon and Maria has 5 3/8 feet of ribbon. I can write this as 3 1/8 + 5 3/8. I know they have 8 feet of ribbon by adding the 3 and 5. They
also have 1/8 and 3/8 which makes a total of 4/8 more. Altogether they have 8 4/8 feet of ribbon. 8 4/8 is larger than 8 3/8 so they will have
enough ribbon to complete the project. They will even have a little extra ribbon left, 1/8 foot.

Example:
 Trevor has 4 1/8 pizzas left over from his soccer party. After giving some pizza to his friend, he has 2 4/8 of a pizza left. How much pizza
did Trevor give to his friend?

Solution: Trevor had 4 1/8 pizzas to start. This is 33/8 of a pizza. The x’s show the pizza he has left which is 2 4/8 pizzas or 20/8 pizzas. The
shaded rectangles without the x’s are the pizza he gave to his friend which is 13/8 or 1 5/8 pizzas.

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4.NF.4. Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a 4.MP.1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
fraction by a whole number.
a. Understand a fraction a/b as a multiple of 1/b. For example, use a visual fraction 4.MP.2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
model to represent 5/4 as the product 5(1/4), recording the conclusion by the
4.MP.4. Model with mathematics.
equation 5/4 = 5(1/4).
b. Understand a multiple of a/b as a multiple of 1/b, and use this understanding to 4.MP.5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
multiply a fraction by a whole number. For example, use a visual fraction model
to express 3(2/5) as 6(1/5), recognizing this product as 6/5. (In general, 4.MP.6. Attend to precision.
n(a/b)=(na)/b.)
c. Solve word problems involving multiplication of a fraction by a whole number, 4.MP.7. Look for and make use of structure.
e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. For
4.MP.8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
example, if each person at a party will eat 3/8 of a pound of roast beef, and there
will be 5 people at the party, how many pounds of roast beef will be needed?
Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?
(Sessions: 3A.1 – 3A.3
Connections: 4.RI.5; 4.W.2e; ET04-S1C2-02

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Students need many opportunities to work with problems in context to understand the connections between models and corresponding equations. Contexts involving a whole
number times a fraction lend themselves to modeling and examining patterns. 2 2 2
Examples: 5 5 5
 3 x (2/5) = 6 x (1/5) = 6/5

1 1 1 1 1 1
5 5 5 5 5 5

 If each person at a party eats 3/8 of a pound of roast beef, and there are 5 people at the party, how many pounds of roast beef are needed? Between what two whole
numbers does your answer lie?
A student may build a fraction model to represent this problem:

3/8 3/8 3/8 3/8 3/8
3/8 + 3/8 + 3/8 + 3/8 + 3/8 = 15/8 = 1 7/8

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Cluster: Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.

4.NF.5. Express a fraction with denominator 10 as an equivalent fraction with 4.MP.2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
denominator 100, and use this technique to add two fractions with respective
denominators 10 and 100. For example, express 3/10 as 30/100, and add 3/10 + 4/100 4.MP.4. Model with mathematics.
= 34/100. (Students who can generate equivalent fractions can develop strategies for
adding fractions with unlike denominators in general. But addition and subtraction with 4.MP.5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
unlike denominators in general is not a requirement at this grade.)
(Sessions: 3.1 / 3.3) 4.MP.7. Look for and make use of structure.
Students can use base ten blocks, graph paper, and other place value models to explore the relationship between fractions with denominators of 10 and denominators of 100.
Students may represent 3/10 with 3 longs and may also write the fraction as 30/100 with the whole in this case being the flat (the flat represents one hundred units with each unit
equal to one hundredth). Students begin to make connections to the place value chart as shown in 4.NF.6.
This work in fourth grade lays the foundation for performing operations with decimal numbers in fifth grade.
4.NF.6. Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100. For example, 4.MP.2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
rewrite 0.62 as 62/100; describe a length as 0.62 meters; locate 0.62 on a number line
diagram. 4.MP.4. Model with mathematics.

Connection: ET04-S1C2-03 4.MP.5. Use appropriate tools strategically.


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Students make connections between fractions with denominators of 10 and 100 and the place value chart. By reading fraction names, students say 32/100 as thirty-two
hundredths and rewrite this as 0.32 or represent it on a place value model as shown.
Hundreds Tens Ones  Tenths Hundredths
 3 2

Students represent values such as 0.32 or 32/100 on a number line. 32/100 is more than 30/100 (or 3/10) and less than 40/100 (or 4/10). It is closer to 30/100 so it would be
placed on the number line near that value.

0.32

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0

4.NF.7. Compare two decimals to hundredths by reasoning about their size. 4.MP.2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two decimals refer to the same
whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify the 4.MP.4. Model with mathematics.
conclusions, e.g., by using a visual model.
4.MP.5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
Connections: 4.RI.7; 4.SL.1b; 4.SL.1c; 4.SL.1d; ET04-S1C2-02

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Students build area and other models to compare decimals. Through these experiences and their work with fraction models, they build the understanding that comparisons
between decimals or fractions are only valid when the whole is the same for both cases. Each of the models below shows 3/10 but the whole on the right is much bigger than the
whole on the left. They are both 3/10 but the model on the right is a much larger quantity than the model on the left.

When the wholes are the same, the decimals or fractions can be compared.
Example:
 Draw a model to show that 0.3 < 0.5. (Students would sketch two models of approximately the same size to show the area that represents three-tenths is smaller than
the area that represents five-tenths.

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Domain: Measurement and Data (MD)

AZ Math Standards Mathematical Practices
Cluster: Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller
unit.

4.MD.2. Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, 4.MP.1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including
problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require 4.MP.2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit.
Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line 4.MP.4. Model with mathematics.
diagrams that feature a measurement scale.
(Sessions: 1.2-1.5 / 2.4-2.5) 4.MP.5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
Connections: 4.OA.2; 4.OA.3; 4.NBT.4; 4.NF4.a; 4.NF.4c; 4.RI.5; 4.RI.7; 4.W.2e;
ET04-S1C4-01 4.MP.6. Attend to precision.

Division/fractions: Susan has 2 feet of ribbon. She wants to give her ribbon to her 3 best friends so each friend gets the same amount. How much ribbon will each friend get?
Students may record their solutions using fractions or inches. (The answer would be 2/3 of a foot or 8 inches. Students are able to express the answer in inches because they
understand that 1/3 of a foot is 4 inches and 2/3 of a foot is 2 groups of 1/3.)

Addition: Mason ran for an hour and 15 minutes on Monday, 25 minutes on Tuesday, and 40 minutes on Wednesday. What was the total number of minutes Mason ran?

Subtraction: A pound of apples costs $1.20. Rachel bought a pound and a half of apples. If she gave the clerk a $5.00 bill, how much change will she get back?

Multiplication: Mario and his 2 brothers are selling lemonade. Mario brought one and a half liters, Javier brought 2 liters, and Ernesto brought 450 milliliters. How many total
milliliters of lemonade did the boys have?

Number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale can represent measurement quantities. Examples include: ruler, diagram marking off distance along a road with cities at
various points, a timetable showing hours throughout the day, or a volume measure on the side of a container.

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AZ Math Standards Mathematical Practices
Cluster: Represent and interpret data.

4.MD.4. Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit 4.MP.2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
(1/2, 1/4, 1/8). Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions by using
information presented in line plots. For example, from a line plot find and interpret the 4.MP.4. Model with mathematics.
difference in length between the longest and shortest specimens in an insect
collection. 4.MP.5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
(Session: 2.7A)
Connections: 4.NF.3d 4.MP.6. Attend to precision.


Ten students in Room 31 measured their pencils at the end of the day. They recorded their results on the line plot below.

X X
X X X
X X X X X
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3 ½” 4” 4 ¼” 5 1/8” 5 1/2”

Possible questions:
 What is the difference in length from the longest to the shortest pencil?
 If you were to line up all the pencils, what would the total length be?
If the 5 1/8” pencils are placed end to end, what would be their total length?

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