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Download full textBurns, Marilyn – 1999
It is not complex to teach the algorithm for multiplying fractions so that children can multiply numerators and denominators to arrive at correct answers. However, it is a challenge to teach so that students build understanding of multiplication of fractions, extending what they have already learned about fractions and about multiplication of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
