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--I don't think kids have to know their multiplication facts to understand equivalent fractions. They just have to know how to "count by." If the fraction is 1/4, they have to be able to count by one in the numerator and

four in the denominator. --Another thing I did was draw fractions number lines (about seven inches long) on a piece of paper, one under another with enough space between lines so my students could label the points. The first line was not divided. The points were labeled 0 and 1. The second line was divided into halves. The students labeled the points on the line

0/2, 1/2, and 2/2.

The third line was divided into thirds. The students labeled the points 0/3, 1/3, 2/3, 3/3.

You probably get the idea. The remaining lines were divided into fourths, fifths, sixths, eighths, tenths, and twelfths, and the points were labeled. (It is very important to be sure that 1/2, 2/4, 3/6 etc. line up vertically.)

Then my students took a piece of string and laid it vertically. It touched the equivalent fractions. You have not only taught equivalent fractions, you have also taught labeling a number line with fractions between zero and one.

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