Mystery Fractions

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Sonalee Bhattacharyya
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Volume/Issue:
Volume 22: Issue 1
Page(s):
52–59
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/mathteacmiddscho.22.1.0052
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Subjects:
Grade(s) or Audience, All grades PK-12, Grades 6-8, Sixth, Math Topic, Number, Number Sets and Systems, Other Topic, Teaching and Learning Instruction, Conceptual Development
Keywords:
CCSS.Math.Content.6.NS.B.4

This activity engages students in problem solving while exploring key concepts of number theory, such as divisibility and divisibility tests, place value, fractions, and scale factors.

Footnotes

Edited by S. Asli Özgün-Koca, aokoca@wayne.edu, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan; Marilyn Howard, marilyn-howard@utulsa.edu, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Christine Kincaid Dewey, dewey@wcskids.net, Macomb Mathematics Science Technology Center, Warren, Michigan. Readers are encouraged to submit classroom-tested activities through http://mtms.msubmit.net.

Contributor Notes

Sonalee Bhattacharyya, sb1212@txstate.edu, is a graduate student in mathematics education at Texas State University in San Marcos. Her research interests include how teachers can be supported in their profession, professional teacher noticing, and how rich mathematical tasks promote interest in mathematics.

Nama Namakshi, nn1052@txstate.edu, is a doctoral student in mathematics education at Texas State University. Her research interests include math camps and the effect they have on women's participation in STEM fields, development of teacher noticing skills among preservice teachers, and curriculum development at elementary school and middle school levels.

Christina Zunker, crz7@txstate.edu, is currently a doctoral student at Texas State University studying mathematics education.

Hiroko K. Warshauer, hw02@txstate.edu, is an assistant professor of mathematics at Texas State University. Her research interests include areas of teaching and learning that foster productive struggle and investigation of teacher noticing of student thinking at the preservice and in-service levels.

Max Warshauer, max@txstate.edu, is a professor of mathematics at Texas State University. He founded and directs Mathworks, a center for mathematics education at Texas State, with three pillars—summer math programs for K–grade 12 students, curriculum development, and teacher training. His research interests include areas of teaching and learning related to these pillars and developing model programs that can engage students and teachers in doing mathematics at a high level.

(Corresponding author is Bhattacharyya sb1212@txstate.edu)
(Corresponding author is Namakshi nn1052@txstate.edu)
(Corresponding author is Zunker crz7@txstate.edu)
(Corresponding author is Warshauer hw02@txstate.edu)
(Corresponding author is Warshauer max@txstate.edu)
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Copyright:
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc. All rights reserved. 2016
Page Count:
8
Article Category:
Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 Aug 2016
Online Publication Date:
Aug 2016
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