Ep 207: Fraction Multiplication Part 2

Can students reason through fraction multiplication beyond unit fractions? In this episode Pam and Kim finish out last week's Problem String and build on those relationships to reason through more complex fraction multiplication problems.
Talking Points:

• Can building Additive and Multiplicative reasoning with whole numbers help with fraction multiplication?
• Does the area model just explain a procedure or can you actually reason with it?
• How does building reasoning about multiplying fractions using scaling impact future learning (like slope)?

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