Equivalent fractions (age 8+)
Generate simple equivalent fractions and explain why they are equivalent using visual fraction models
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If your child is shown a fraction bar split into 3 parts with 1 shaded (= 1/3), can they draw an equivalent bar with 6 parts that shows exactly the same amount shaded?
Generate simple equivalent fractions and explain why they are equivalent using visual fraction models
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Check understanding
- Given 1/3, generate 2/6 as equivalent and show with area model
- Simplify 4/8 to 1/2 and justify with a fraction strip
- Complete equivalence chains: 1/4 = ?/8 = ?/12
“If your child is shown a fraction bar split into 3 parts with 1 shaded (= 1/3), can they draw an equivalent bar with 6 parts that shows exactly the same amount shaded?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Fractions
- Age range
- Ages 8–9