Exploring Parks and Playgrounds
Fosnot, Catherine Twomey / Tarlow, Lynn D
Exploring Parks and Playgrounds: Multiplication and Division of Fractions is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics Investigating Fractions, Decimals, and Percents (46) The focus of this unit is the development of students understanding of multiplication with rational numbers. The context of parks and playgrounds is used to introduce the double number line and the array models as helpful tools. Initially students are asked ...