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Math Foundations

Strengthen number sense, fractions, ratios, expressions, equations, geometry, and data—the bridge from middle-school math to high-school success.

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MF.RN.1 MF-007-A02-V01

Simplify to lowest terms

Generate, compare, and simplify equivalent fractions in numeric and contextual settings.

Lowest terms means the numerator and denominator share no factor greater than one. We’ll find the greatest common factor of eighteen and twenty-four, divide both parts by that same number, …

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MF.RN.1 MF-007-A03-V01

Find the missing value in an equivalent fraction

Generate, compare, and simplify equivalent fractions in numeric and contextual settings.

Equivalent fractions scale both positions by the same multiplier. We’ll compare the denominators seven and twenty-one to find that multiplier, apply it to the numerator four, and check the completed …

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MF.RN.1 MF-007-A04-V01

Test whether two fractions are equivalent

Generate, compare, and simplify equivalent fractions in numeric and contextual settings.

Different numerators and denominators can still name the same value. We’ll simplify six eighths by a common divisor and compare the result with three fourths, then use equal cross-products as …

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MF.RN.1 MF-007-A05-V01

Match the same part-whole amount in context

Generate, compare, and simplify equivalent fractions in numeric and contextual settings.

This is a part-to-whole comparison in a larger class. We’ll place the fifteen students over the total of twenty-five, then reduce that fraction and six tenths to the same simplest …

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MF.RN.1 MF-007-A06-V01

Simplify a contextual fraction

Generate, compare, and simplify equivalent fractions in numeric and contextual settings.

First translate the story into a part-to-whole fraction, with twelve selected students above eighteen total students. Then we’ll divide both parts by their greatest common factor and check that the …

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MF.RN.1 MF-007-A07-V01

Match an equivalent contextual fraction

Generate, compare, and simplify equivalent fractions in numeric and contextual settings.

Each situation can be translated into a part-over-whole fraction. We’ll compare those values with two thirds by simplifying when a common factor is obvious and using cross-products otherwise. Matching just …

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MF.RN.1 MF-007-A09-V01

Check an equivalence claim

Generate, compare, and simplify equivalent fractions in numeric and contextual settings.

Fraction equivalence depends on value, not whether the written numerals match. We’ll simplify nine twelfths by dividing both parts by their greatest common factor and compare the result with three …

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MF.RN.1 MF-007-A10-V01

Translate a fraction model into equivalent symbols

Generate, compare, and simplify equivalent fractions in numeric and contextual settings.

Each strip must be read on its own: shaded parts over total equal parts. We’ll count those two quantities for the six-part strip and again for the twelve-part strip, then …

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MF.RN.1 MF-007-A11-V01

Translate verbal fraction descriptions into equivalent symbols

Generate, compare, and simplify equivalent fractions in numeric and contextual settings.

The words “eight of twelve” tell us part over whole, so the selected slices belong in the numerator and all equal slices in the denominator. We’ll write that fraction, divide …

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MF.RN.1 MF-007-A12-V01

Filter a set for equivalent fractions

Generate, compare, and simplify equivalent fractions in numeric and contextual settings.

To find every match, we need a common reference value. We’ll reduce four sixths to lowest terms, simplify each fraction in the list or test it by cross-products, and keep …

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MF.RN.1 MF-007-A13-V01

Choose the right equivalence-check strategy

Generate, compare, and simplify equivalent fractions in numeric and contextual settings.

To judge the two proposals, we’ll test each one against the definition of equivalent fractions. For each strategy, we’ll determine what evidence it actually provides about value, then confirm the …

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MF.RN.2 MF-008-A01-V01

Add or subtract with a shared denominator

Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with appropriate common denominators.

Both addends are already measured in eighths, so the pieces have the same size. We’ll keep that unit, add only the counts in the numerators, and then check whether the …

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MF.RN.2 MF-008-A02-V01

Use a common denominator first

Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with appropriate common denominators.

Thirds and sixths are different-sized pieces, so we must rename them before adding. We’ll use six as the common denominator, scale one third to an equivalent number of sixths, combine …

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MF.RN.2 MF-008-A03-V01

Add mixed numbers

Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with appropriate common denominators.

Mixed-number addition is easier when whole and fractional parts are organized separately. We’ll add the whole numbers, combine the fourths, and check whether the fractional sum makes another whole. If …

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MF.RN.2 MF-008-A04-V01

Subtract fractions or mixed numbers with regrouping

Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with appropriate common denominators.

The fractional parts must first use the same unit, so we’ll rename the fourths as eighths. Because the top fractional part is then too small to subtract five eighths, we’ll …

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MF.RN.2 MF-008-A05-V01

Add contextual fractional quantities

Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with appropriate common denominators.

The story asks for a combined cup measure, so we’ll add the two ingredient amounts and keep the unit attached. We’ll rename the third in sixths, combine like-sized sixths, and …

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MF.RN.2 MF-008-A06-V01

Subtract contextual fractional amounts

Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with appropriate common denominators.

The ribbon left is the starting length minus the cut length. We’ll express both fractional parts in fourths, trade one whole foot for four fourths because two fourths is too …

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MF.RN.2 MF-008-A07-V01

Work with mixed numbers in context

Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with appropriate common denominators.

We’ll combine the morning and afternoon distances by separating whole miles from fractional miles. The fourth and third parts need a common denominator, so we’ll rename both in twelfths, add …

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MF.RN.2 MF-008-A09-V01

Check mixed-number regrouping

Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with appropriate common denominators.

We’ll inspect the student’s work one move at a time rather than judging only the final line. After confirming the conversion to sixths, we’ll compare the two fractional parts, regroup …

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MF.RN.2 MF-008-A10-V01

Translate a fraction model into an operation

Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with appropriate common denominators.

Each bar shows a count of shaded parts out of eight equal parts. We’ll read the two fractions separately, use the plus sign to translate the model as combining rather …

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MF.RN.2 MF-008-A11-V01

Translate verbal fraction situations into equations

Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with appropriate common denominators.

The recipe uses both broth amounts, so the word total signals addition. We’ll write the equation with cups, rename fourths and thirds as twelfths, and combine those equal-sized units. If …

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MF.RN.2 MF-008-A12-V01

Match fraction operations by their final value

Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with appropriate common denominators.

The target’s simplified value will serve as the reference for the entire list. We’ll evaluate it first, then calculate and reduce each candidate expression independently before comparing values. Checking all …

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MF.RN.2 MF-008-A13-V01

Choose the right fraction-operation strategy

Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with appropriate common denominators.

A common denominator must be divisible by both six and four, and the least one is the smallest value that passes both tests. We’ll test the three proposed denominators, scale …

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MF.RN.3 MF-009-A01-V01

Multiply two fractions

Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers and interpret the result in context.

Fraction multiplication uses numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator, so no common denominator is needed. We’ll multiply straight across, reduce the resulting fraction by its greatest common factor, and …

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MF.RN.3 MF-009-A02-V01

Divide by a fraction using the reciprocal

Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers and interpret the result in context.

To divide by a fraction, we keep the dividend and multiply by the reciprocal of the divisor. We’ll invert only four fifths, multiply the resulting fractions, and reduce the quotient …

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MF.RN.3 MF-009-A03-V01

Multiply with mixed numbers

Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers and interpret the result in context.

A mixed number must be converted to one fraction before multiplication. We’ll rewrite one and one half as an improper fraction, multiply it by two thirds, and simplify matching factors …

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MF.RN.3 MF-009-A04-V01

Divide mixed numbers

Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers and interpret the result in context.

We’ll first convert the mixed-number dividend into an improper fraction. Then we’ll keep that fraction unchanged, replace division by three eighths with multiplication by its reciprocal, and cancel common factors …

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MF.RN.3 MF-009-A05-V01

Find a fraction of an amount

Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers and interpret the result in context.

Here, “three fourths of” the full yogurt amount signals multiplication. We’ll multiply three fourths by two thirds cup, interpret the numerator and denominator as an overlap in a fourths-by-thirds area …

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MF.RN.3 MF-009-A06-V01

Scale a quantity by a fraction

Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers and interpret the result in context.

Making two thirds of a batch means scaling the entire full-batch flour amount, not adding to it or scaling only one part. We’ll convert one and one half cups to …

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MF.RN.3 MF-009-A07-V01

Interpret fraction division in context

Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers and interpret the result in context.

The question asks how many three-fourths-cup groups fit inside the total broth, so the structure is total divided by serving size. We’ll convert two and one fourth to fourths, multiply …

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MF.RN.3 MF-009-A09-V01

Check fraction-division reasoning

Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers and interpret the result in context.

We’ll check first which fraction the student inverted, because fraction division keeps the dividend and takes the reciprocal of only the divisor. Then we’ll rewrite the division correctly, multiply, simplify, …

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MF.RN.3 MF-009-A10-V01

Translate a fraction model into multiplication or division

Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers and interpret the result in context.

The two shadings divide one rectangle into fourths by columns and thirds by rows. We’ll identify the crosshatched overlap as a fraction of a fraction, translate that relationship into multiplication, …

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MF.RN.3 MF-009-A11-V01

Translate verbal fraction situations into equations

Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers and interpret the result in context.

This is a how-many-groups question: the total four cups is divided by the two-thirds-cup size of each scoop. We’ll keep that order, multiply by the reciprocal of two thirds, and …

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MF.RN.3 MF-009-A12-V01

Match fraction operations by their final value

Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers and interpret the result in context.

We’ll simplify the target product first so it becomes the reference value for every expression. Then we’ll evaluate each multiplication or division independently, using reciprocals for the division cases, reduce …

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MF.RN.3 MF-009-A13-V01

Choose the right fraction multiplication or division strategy

Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers and interpret the result in context.

Because one and one half cups makes only three fifths of a batch, reaching one full batch requires scaling up by division. We’ll convert the mixed amount to an improper …

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MF.RN.4 MF-010-A01-V01

Compare two rational numbers in different forms

Compare and order rational numbers written as fractions, decimals, and percents.

Fractions and decimals become comparable once they use the same form. We’ll convert three fourths to a decimal, align it with zero point seven two by place value, and compare …

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