Understanding fractions
Move fluently between real-world situations, diagrams, and symbolic equations involving three-digit numbers and fractions, explaining what each part represents
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“When your child works through a maths problem involving fractions or three-digit numbers, can they switch between drawing a diagram, using a number line, and writing an equation — and explain what each one shows?”
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- Activity. Move fluently between real-world situations, diagrams, and symbolic equations involving three-digit numbers and fractions, explaining what each part represents
What to notice. Write an equation with three-digit numbers to match a measurement or money word problem • Draw a bar model to represent a fraction problem and use it to solve • Explain how a number line diagram relates to the quantities in a word problem
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When your child works through a maths problem involving fractions or three-digit numbers, can they switch between drawing a diagram, using a number line, and writing an equation — and explain what each one shows?
Move fluently between real-world situations, diagrams, and symbolic equations involving three-digit numbers and fractions, explaining what each part represents
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- Write an equation with three-digit numbers to match a measurement or money word problem
- Draw a bar model to represent a fraction problem and use it to solve
- Explain how a number line diagram relates to the quantities in a word problem
“When your child works through a maths problem involving fractions or three-digit numbers, can they switch between drawing a diagram, using a number line, and writing an equation — and explain what each one shows?”
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- Type
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- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Mathematical Thinking
- Age range
- Ages 7–8