NF.B.5

=Number and Operations - Fractions - Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division.=

CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.B.5 Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing), by:
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 * CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.B.5a Comparing the size of a product to the size of one factor on the basis of the size of the other factor, without performing the indicated multiplication.


 * CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.B.5b
 * Explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction greater than 1 results in a product greater than the given number (recognizing multiplication by whole numbers greater than 1 as a familiar case);
 * Explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction less than 1 results in a product smaller than the given number; and relating the principle of fraction equivalence //a/////b// = (//n// × //a//)/(//n// × //b//) to the effect of multiplying //a/////b// by 1.
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