Video Walkthrough: Fraction Review #2

This video features:

• Fraction Word Problems
• Mixed Numbers
• Improper Fractions
• Converting Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions
• Problem Solving Strategies

Russell spent 1/3 of his allowance to go to the movies. He wants to buy a new video game that will cost him another ½ of his allowance. If he buys the game, how much of his allowance will he have spent? (5-NF-1)

3 2/3 x 1 5/6=
(5-NF-6)



Joe's mom makes "healthy" brownies. She uses 1-2/3 cups of white flower and 2-1/8 cups of wheat flour. How much flour does she use to make the brownies? (5-NF-2)

Video Walkthrough: Fraction Review #1

Video Walkthrough: Fraction Word Problems Part 4

This video features:

• Multi-step fraction word problems
• You decide which operation to use
• Pictorial Method
• Array Method
• Traditional Method

Mr. Addwell teaches math for 180 minutes every day because he works with both first and fifth grade students. If he spends two-thirds of his math time with fifth graders, how many minutes does he spend working with fifth graders?

Mr. and Mrs. Thirsty bought a gallon of milk at the store. If the family drinks 1/4 of the gallon on the first day and one-third of the gallon on the second day, how much milk is left in the gallon? If they need half of a gallon left for the third day, will they have enough milk?

Video Walkthrough: Fraction Word Problems Add, Subtract, Multiply, or Divide Part 3

In this video you will see:

• Fraction Word Problems
• Array Method
• LCM
• Traditional Method

Mrs. Dividend and Miss Quotient went to the movies.  Each of them bought popcorn.  Mrs. Dividend had 5/8 of her bucket left and Miss Quotient had two-sevenths of her bucket left.  How much more popcorn does Mrs. Dividend have left?  How much popcorn did they eat all together?

Mrs. Timely went to fill up her van with fuel.  Since the pump wasn't working properly, she was only able to fill 9/10 of her tank.  She used 4/5 of this fuel going to and from school last week.  How much fuel did she use going to and from school?

Video Walkthrough: More Fraction Word Problems

This video features:

• Fraction word problems
• Pictorial Method
• Traditional Method
• Problem solving strategies

Bob is working on his reading log and gets a reward for each night he reads for 20 minutes. If he gets 1/3 of a bag of jelly beans for each night he reads, how many days will 12 bags of jelly beans last?

Mr. Marinich, Mr. Addwell, Mr. Sum, Mr. Plus, and Mr. Minus were sharing a 2 liter bottle of soda. Mr. Marinich drinks one-half of the bottle, Mr. Addwell drinks 1/6 of the bottle, Mr. Sum drinks one-fourth of the bottle, and Mr. Plus drinks 1/12 of the bottle. Is there any soda left for Mr. Minus? How would you know?

Video Walkthrough: Dividing by Fractions and Whole Numbers

This presentation features:

• Word problems involving dividing by fractions and whole numbers
• Problem solving strategies
• Pictorial Method
• Traditional Method (procedural)
• Inverse operation and reciprocal explained

Every day, Jeannette's mango juice stand uses 3/4 bags of mangoes. For how many days will 6 bags of Mangoes last?

At the end of the day, Frank's had 2/3 of a pizza left over. The 6 employees each took home the same amount of leftover pizza pie. How much pizza did each employee take home?

Video Walkthrough: Working with Fractions and Mixed Numbers (add, subtract, or multiply)

These videos feature:

• Working with mixed numbers and fractions
• You decide which operation to use
• LCM method
• Pictorial Method
• Array Method

Video Walkthrough: Subtracting Fractions Extended

This video features:

• Subtracting Fractions
• Story Problem
• LCM
• Array (dots) Method
• Problem Solving Strategies

As soon as Mr. Jones gets home from school, he feeds his baby boy. Ricky loves to eat his baby food. Mr. Jones used 3/4 of a jar of baby food while feeding baby Ricky. Ricky was having a little too much fun while eating. So, he ended up with one-tenth of the food on his face and bib. How much of the whole jar did Ricky eat?

Video Walkthrough: Multiplying Fractions Extended

This video features:

• Multiplying fractions
• Subtracting fractions
• Word problem format
• Problem solving strategies
• Traditional Method
• Array (dots) Method

Video Walkthrough: Multiplying Fractions and Whole Numbers Extended

This lesson features:

• Multiplying a fraction by a whole number (1/6 x 72)
• Story problem format
• Problem Solving Strategies
• Traditional Method
• Array (dots) Method

One-sixth of the Imaginary Institute's 72 faculty and staff members wore jeans on Friday. How many faculty and staff members wore jeans on Friday? How many faculty and staff members did not wear jeans on Friday?

Name That Fraction!

In this video, play along by trying to name the fractions that Mr. Marinich draws for you.  You will see:

• Pictorial examples of fractions and mixed numbers
• Draw and solve approach to testing knowledge of fractions and mixed numbers
• Example of reducing a fraction to lowest terms
• Converting an improper fraction to a mixed number

Have a question, comment, or suggestion?  Please send email to mrmarinich@gmail.com

Video Walkthrough: Packs of Paper Fraction Problem

This video features:

• Another word problem involving fractions
• Multiplying fractions and whole numbers
• Adding fractions
• Pictorial solution
• Division