Understanding fractions
Solve problems involving scaling by simple fractions and problems involving simple rates
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If a recipe serves 4 and your child wants to make it for 6, can they scale up each ingredient — for example, changing '2 cups of flour' to '3 cups'?
Solve problems involving scaling by simple fractions and problems involving simple rates
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- A recipe for 4 people needs 200 g of flour — how much for 6 people?
- If 3 kg costs £12, how much does 5 kg cost?
- Scale a shape by a factor of 1/2 and find the new dimensions
“If a recipe serves 4 and your child wants to make it for 6, can they scale up each ingredient — for example, changing '2 cups of flour' to '3 cups'?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Multiplication & Division
- Age range
- Ages 9–10