America’s Most Wanted…Fraction Style



7 MAT – Number Sense and Numeration

Assignment: Most Wanted Poster…Fraction Style

Due: Wed., May 8, 2013

Objective: Create a “Most Wanted” poster for two fractions. (Using models, show equivalent fractions, represent fractions, compare fractions.)

1. Circle your birth month and the fraction next to it. This will be your first fraction.

|Jan [pic] |Feb [pic] |Mar [pic] |Apr [pic] |May[pic] |June [pic] |

|July [pic] |Aug [pic] |Sept [pic] |Oct [pic] |Nov [pic] |Dec [pic] |

2. Now select one of the following fractions to be your second fraction. Make sure the fraction you choose has a different denominator than your first fraction. Also, make sure the two fractions add up to more than one whole. You may not choose a fraction whose denominators are the same.

|3 |4 |

|4 |5 |

|1. Title! |5pts |

|Have you seen these Fractions? WANTED! $10,000 Reward! Extremely Dangerous! | |

|2./3. Fraction Suspects Written with Numbers and Words! |10pts |

|3/4 (three-fourths) and 2/5 (two-fifths) | |

|4. Fraction Mug Shots! |10pts |

|Two pictures of each fraction: one using a number line, one using fractions strips. | |

|5. Fraction Aliases! |15pts |

|Three equivalent fractions to each suspect | |

|6. Fraction Friends (known to be close to the suspects)! |10pts |

|List two fractions a little less than each suspect and two fractions a little more than each suspect. All of the fractions must | |

|have different denominators than the original fraction. | |

|7. Fraction Families! |15pts |

|Find the LCD for the two fractions. Both fractions are members of the family with the denominator that you find. Using your family | |

|names, state who is the older, bigger brother and who is the little, younger sister. Draw a mug shot for each fraction using its | |

|family name (use fraction strips). Finally, list at least three other family members with the same denominator. | |

|8. A Dangerous Combination! |20 pts |

|If you should see these two suspects together they may look like this…Add the two fractions and give the answer as both a mixed | |

|number in simplest form and an improper fraction. | |

|9. A Getaway With a “Takeaway”! |10pts |

|Using the larger of the two fractions, write a brief story about how it may have been hurt recently robbing a bank and could have | |

|lost some value (make up a smaller fraction with a different denominator). Subtract the new fraction from the suspect to show what | |

|it may now look like in number form, as well as a new mug shot (fractions strip model). | |

|10. Polished look. Your poster MUST be eye-catching, uncluttered and easy to read. Please use a large sheet of paper for your |5 pts |

|final copy (ask your teacher). It is your choice whether you use colour or keep it as grayscale as long as it looks visually | |

|appealing. | |

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|Total |100 pts |

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