Section 4: Fractions to Decimals to Percents

Students learn how to convert from fractions to decimals.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, converting, decimals, denominator, division, fractions, numerator, rational numbers, reducing fraction, subtraction

Students learn how to convert from fractions to percentages.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Number and Operations

Related Topics: converting, decimals, denominator, division, fractions, multiplication, numerator, percentages, percents, rational numbers, reducing fraction

Learn about fractions between 0 and 1 by repeatedly deleting portions of a line segment, and also learn about properties of fractal objects. Parameter: fraction of the segment to be deleted each time.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: fractals, fractions, geometric sequences, pattern, pre-calculus, recursion, sequences, sets

Step through the generation of the Koch Snowflake -- a fractal made from deforming the sides of a triangle, and explore number patterns in sequences and geometric properties of fractals.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: decimals, fractals, geometric sequences, infinity, iteration, lines, pre-calculus, recursion, self-similarity, sequences

Step through the generation of Sierpinski's Carpet -- a fractal made from subdividing a square into nine smaller squares and cutting the middle one out. Explore number patterns in sequences and geometric properties of fractals.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: algebra, area, fractals, fractions, geometric sequences, iteration, pattern, pre-calculus, recursion, recursive functions, self-similarity, sequences