Matching Area Models to Fraction Products Worksheet Download
The rectangle is cut into one denominator's worth of columns and the other's worth of rows, one numerator of columns is shaded and one numerator of rows, and the part shaded twice is the product. Three tones keep all three regions readable. The wrong models are each a real model of SOMETHING - the two numerators swapped between the axes, the grid turned so the denominators sit on the wrong sides, one numerator off by one - rather than an arbitrary amount of shading. Both fractions are in lowest terms, because 2/4 reads as an unfinished fraction beside a picture.
Select a Different Activity
>
Sheet Information >
Matching Area Models to Fraction Products
A worked area model is shown at the top of the sheet, and students choose which of four models represents each fraction product.
About this worksheet
A worked area model is shown at the top of the sheet, and students choose which of four models represents each fraction product.
Student objectives
- Read a fraction product off an area model
- Match a product to the model that shows it
- See that the numerators go on different axes
- Understand why the product is the part shaded twice
Everyday practice
- Figure out how much of a pan of brownies is left after eating part of a portion
- Split half of a pizza into thirds to see how big each piece is
- Work out how much paint you use if you cover part of a partly-painted wall
- Measure two-thirds of a half cup of an ingredient while cooking