Curriculum placement
Grade 4. This describes the skill, not a learner estimate.
A fraction times a whole number
Multiply a fraction by a whole number
Problem types
- A fraction of a set
- Several groups of a fraction
- Unit fraction copies
Builds on
Leads to
- Multiplying fractions
- Percent of a number · See it applied
A percent of a quantity is a fraction of the quantity, so 25 percent of 40 is 1/4 of 40.
- Probability of one event · See it applied
The expected number of times an event happens is its probability times the number of trials.
Related skills
- Division as sharing and grouping · Shared foundations
- A fraction as division · Shared foundations
- Line plots with fractional lengths · Shared foundations
- Fractions shown by a model · Shared foundations
- Fractions on a number line · Shared foundations
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