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Mathematics (NYS P-12 Common Core)

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The objective of the lesson in this video is for students to explore part and whole by creating pattern block designs.

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What Fraction of this Shape is Red?

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Related Academic Standards

New York State

NY-3.NF.1 Understand a unit fraction, 1/b, is the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts. Understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.

NY-3.G.2 Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole.

NY-4.NF.3 Understand a fraction a/b with a > 1 as a sum of fractions 1/b.

3.NF.1 Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.

3.G.2 Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole. For example, partition a shape into 4 parts with equal area, and describe the area of each part as 1/4 of the area of the shape.

4.NF.3 Understand a fraction a/b with a > 1 as a sum of fractions 1/b.