Learn Zillion: Multiply a Fraction by a Whole Number Using Visual Representations

Visual models support young mathematicians as they deepen their fractional number sense in this elementary math instructional activity. Using fraction circle manipulatives, children explore basic unit fractions as they develop...

Fifth graders make the connections using models between multiplying a fraction times a whole number and multiplying a fraction times a fraction. After completing three teacher-led activities, pupils access a website on their own to play...

In this math PowerPoint, the process of multiplying whole numbers and fractions is broken down into clear, sequential steps. Examples of each step are given numerically and in simple, easy-to-understand text. Story problems and examples...

How does one turn a whole number into a fraction? It can be tricky business but fortunately this visual aid will help the process along. An explanation of the process and four example problems help your kids before they tackle seven...

This is the second in a series of 3 Khan Academy videos on rounding whole numbers. Students watch Sal Khan round the number 423,275 to the nearest thousand by looking to the number in the hundreds place. If it is 5 or higher, you round...

Rounding is an important skill which must be used throughout the study of mathematics. This Khan Academy video is the first in a series of 3. It shows how to round the number 24,259 to the nearest hundred, using a number line.

Adding double-digit numbers can seem difficult for some students. But, this Khan Academy video makes this process clear in a developmentally sound way. Students watch as 'Sal' adds the number 46 to 43. He references each number by its...

Here is a great video explaining how to multiply a fraction by a whole number. Sal shows students how to put a whole number over 1 in order to multiply it by a fraction. He simplifies his answer and writes it as a mixed number.

A demonstration of how to multiply a whole number times a fraction.

Sal uses a visual model to divide a unit fraction by a whole number.