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Shading Fractions Investigation

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Students investigate the various ways in which fractions can be shaded.  They look for patterns, and discuss how they’ve discovered these patterns.

Grade: 
Grade 4
Task Type: 
Project
Big Idea: 
Grade 4: Fractions and decimals are types of numbers that can represent quantities.
Curricular Competency: 
Reasoning and analyzing: Use reasoning to explore and make connections
Understanding and solving: Develop, demonstrate, and apply mathematical understanding through play, inquiry, and problem solving
Understanding and solving: Visualize to explore mathematical concepts
Communicating and representing: Communicate mathematical thinking in many ways
Communicating and representing: Explain and justify mathematical ideas and decisions
Communicating and representing: Represent mathematical ideas in concrete, pictorial, and symbolic forms

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