Fractions and Decimals in Diverse Recipes - 4th Grade TEKS 4.3 A - G Bundle

Want to make fractions and decimals more RELATABLE to your 4th graders? These real life problems showcase diverse cultures using recipes from around the world.

Provide MEANINGFUL opportunities for your students to decompose fractions, determine fraction equivalence, compare fractions, add and subtract fractions with equal denominators and represent decimals and fractions on a number line.

This money-saving BUNDLE of TEKS aligned task cards and interactive Google + Powerpoint slides will boost student engagement and deepen their understanding of each fraction skill!

⭐️ Resource Highlights:

• Promotes diversity, equity & inclusion
• Supports Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills [TEKS]
• Features captivating and realistic applications for fourth grade math skills
• Two Formats - printable task cards + interactive digital slides
• Multiple Uses - Perfect for lessons, small groups, math centers, games, independent practice, enrichment and more!

✅ What's Included:

• Print Resources - Four PDF files with:
  • A total of 56 engaging math task cards [6+ word problems per standard]
    • Each card describes a special recipe from a different country and asks students to perform a fraction or decimal task using the ingredient(s)
  • Student Recording Sheets in three different formats
  • Answer Key to help monitor student understanding
  • PLUS two options to choose from for printing - full color and black & white
• Digital Resources - interactive Google Slides™ and PPT presentations with a clickable world map that links to 56 word problems [same problems as task cards]
  • Reminder: Teachers and students must be in presentation mode to use the interactive features.
• All cards and slides are labeled with the targeted 4th grade TEKS
• Check out the PREVIEW to see some examples!

✏️ Supported Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• MA.4.3. Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to represent and generate fractions to solve problems. The student is expected to:
  • A. Represent a fraction / as a sum of fractions 1/, where and are whole numbers and > 0, including when > .
  • B. Decompose a fraction in more than one way into a sum of fractions with the same denominator using concrete and pictorial models and recording results with symbolic representations.
  • C. Determine if two given fractions are equivalent using a variety of methods.
  • D. Compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators and represent the comparison using the symbols >, =, or <.
  • E. Represent and solve addition and subtraction of fractions with equal denominators using objects and pictorial models that build to the number line and properties of operations.
  • F. Evaluate the reasonableness of sums and differences of fractions using benchmark fractions 0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1, referring to the same whole.
  • G. Represent fractions and decimals to the tenths or hundredths as distances from zero on a number line.

Looking for more? Check out the entire collection of standards-based Multicultural Math resources!