standard_description: Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide. (Students need not use formal terms for these properties.) ^( )Examples: If 6 × 4 = 24 is known, then 4 × 6 = 24 is also known. (Commutative property of multiplication.) 3 × 5 × 2 can be found by 3 × 5 = 15, then 15 × 2 = 30, or by 5 × 2 = 10, then 3 × 10 = 30. (Associative property of multiplication.) Knowing that 8 × 5 = 40 and 8 × 2 = 16, one can find 8 × 7 as 8 × (5 + 2) = (8 × 5) + (8 × 2) = 40 + 16 = 56. (Distributive property.)
problem_activity: Problem 1
For the class party, Robin and Shawn each made a loaf of banana bread. Their loaf pans were exactly the same size. Robin sliced her banana bread into 6 equal slices. Shawn also sliced his into 6 equal slices. After the party, Robin had more slices of banana bread left to take home than Shawn did. What fraction of the whole loaf pan might each person take home?
Problem 2
a.   Choose each statement that is true.
i.
$$\frac{3}{4}$$
is greater than
$$\frac{5}{4}$$
.
ii.
$$\frac{5}{4}$$
is greater than
$$\frac{3}{4}$$
.
iii.
$$\frac{3}{4}>\frac{5}{4}.$$
iv.
$$\frac{3}{4}<\frac{5}{4}.$$
v.
$$\frac{5}{4}>\frac{3}{4}.$$
vi.
$$\frac{5}{4}<\frac{3}{4}.$$
vii.  None of these.
b.
$$\frac{3}{4}$$
and
$$\frac{5}{4}$$
are shown on the number line. Which is correct?
i.
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ii.
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iii. Neither of these.


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