This is a brief introduction of using visual models to represent fractions. Four different visual models are presented.

In this lesson, students will learn how to order fractions with common denominators from least to greatest. They will explore visual models of fractions and compare the numerators to determine the order.

In this video, students learn how to interpret multiplication as scaling by using visual models. The example of Gary's flashlight shining three times farther than mine is used to demonstrate how multiplication can represent the...

In this video, students learn about equivalent fractions and the importance of comparing fractions to the same whole. Through visual models and real-world examples, they understand that fractions represent parts of a whole that are...

In this video, students will learn how multiplying by a fraction greater than one affects the product. The video uses visual models to demonstrate this concept and helps students understand that a fraction with a numerator greater than...

In this video, students learn how multiplying by a fraction less than one affects the product using visual models. The video explains important concepts such as factors, product, and the value of fractions with a numerator less than the...

Decompose a fraction (x/y) into a sum of parts (a/y + b/y + ...) using visual models.

Amanda had a bag of pastry flour that weighed 3 and nine twelfths pounds. This weekend she made two different types of pastry, for one recipe Amanda used one twelfth of a pound and for the other 1 and one sixth pounds of flour. How much...

Add and subtract mixed numbers with equal denominators using visual models.

Devon is making lemonade from a mix. For every 2 tablespoons of lemonade powder, he needs 3 cups of water. What is the ratio of lemonade powder to water?

Express whole numbers as fractions having 1 in the denominator using visual models.

Divide a fraction by a whole number using area models.

Use visual models to solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers as fractions.

Add fractions with unlike denominators using visual models.

A bathroom floor in a house is made up of 12 colored tiles of equal size. 5 of the tiles are red and 3 are green, and the rest are yellow. What is the fraction that represents the red tiles out of the total number of tiles? And what is...

Subtraction using base-ten blocks.

Billy and Peter are going to the amusement park with their families. Each family is taking their own car for the ride. Once everyone reached the park, Billy’s dad said: “we drove five and one eighth miles” and Peter’s dad said: “my car’s...

Multiply decimals to tenths using a 10 × 10 array.

Add fractions with unlike denominators using visual models.

In this video, the teacher explains how to add fractions by joining parts. They discuss the importance of understanding numerators and denominators and demonstrate with visual models how to properly add fractions together.

Improve your fraction comparison skills with Doodles and Digits! In this 4th-grade math tutorial, Caroline will teach you how to compare fractions using visual models. Practice with Caroline and review the greater than and less than...

Understanding the product of two proper fractions using area models.

Use visual models to solve word problems involving addition of fractions with like and unlike denominators.

Three eighths of an assorted chocolate box is white chocolate, if we have 6 boxes of this assorted mix, how many boxes that contain only white chocolate could we make?