In this cycle in math we learned about equivalent fractions and fractions in simplest form, which everyone knew. But it started to get more difficult with improper fractions. Then we learned to turn improper fractions into mixed numbers, but it turned out to be easy.
Comparing fractions was difficult for everybody, but everybody survived it. Turning fractions into decimals and decimals into percents was a very easy thing to learn. We found out how to do word problems with fractions, too. Everybody had a little difficulty with those. We also completed as many problems as we could in a minute at the beginning of some classes. Those are called Mad Minutes and some were even fractions.
Finally, besides all that learning, we did a fun thing. That was funky halves and funky quarters or fourths. We divided arrays of dots into 2 parts and then 4 parts in creative ways. With the fourths we made awesome quilts. This is what we learned in our first middle school cycle.
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