This post explains and gives practice opportunities related to TEKS 6.3B:
determine, with and without computation, whether a quantity is increased or decreased when multiplied by a fraction, including values greater than or less than one
Instruction
Multiplying by a number does not always result in a larger product. Sometimes, the answer actually gets smaller!
STAAR Practice
Between 2016 and 2024, this supporting standard has been tested 3 times on the STAAR test. Videos explaining the problems can be found below. If you'd rather take a quiz over these questions, click here. The videos below are linked to the questions in the quiz as answer explanations after the quiz is submitted.
To view all the posts in this 6thfa grade TEKS review series, click here.
Comments