Turkish Delight is a task developed for fifth graders working on multiplication of fractions. Students must understand how to take a fraction of a fraction by using multiplication. Students are then asked to compare the resulting fraction with a given fraction and critique a student’s comparison. The task asks the student to explain reasoning. When making the comparison, students must either convert fractions to decimals, or find common denominators, because the fractions will have different denominators, which may be an area for discussion with the class.

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