Subject Area - CC.2:
Mathematics
- Standard Area - CC.2.1: Numbers and Operations
- Grade Level - CC.2.1.5: GRADE 5
Standard - CC.2.1.5.C.2
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.
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Anchor Descriptor - M05.A-F.2.1
Solve multiplication and division problems involving fractions and whole numbers (straight computation or word problems).
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Eligible Content - M05.A-F.2.1.3
Demonstrate an understanding of multiplication as scaling (resizing). Example 1: Comparing the size of a product to the size of one factor on the basis of the size of the other factor without performing the indicated multiplication. Example 2: Explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction greater than 1 results in a product greater than the given number (recognizing multiplication by whole numbers greater than 1 as a familiar case); explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction less than 1 results in a product smaller than the given number.