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Treasure Adventure

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

4.2 Stars

TEACHERS (52)

4.3

STUDENTS (19624)

4.1

LENGTH

15 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

Description

Are you ready for an adventure? Learn about fractions and solve problems in order to help our pirate crew find the treasure!

Vocabulary Words

whole

fractions

denominator

numerator

division

decimal

remainder

equal parts

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Interpret Fractions As Division. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

Interpret a fraction as division.

Interpret fraction bar as a division bar.

Connect fractions with division, understanding that a/b = a/b for whole numbers a and b with b not equal to 0.

Understand division as equal sharing (split wholes into unit fractions of the divisor).

Interpret splitting a quantity into equal groups as multiplication by a fraction.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

How are fractions related to whole numbers? What are some examples of items in this room that are wholes? Are there any examples of items in this room that are fractions? How do we write fractions? How would you perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths? What are some strategies to use to solve problems involving whole numbers that can lead to an answer in fractions?

After the Game

In a fraction, what do we call the top and bottom numbers? What does the denominator of a fraction represent? If a whole is divided into 8 equal pieces, what should the denominator of the fraction for each piece be? If a whole is divided into 8 pieces and we take 3, what would the fraction be for pieces we took? What is the relationship between a fraction and the process of division? How do we know which decimal is equivalent to a fraction?