Fraction Word Problems
Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators, using visual models and benchmark fractions to estimate and assess reasonableness
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If your child walks 1 and 1/2 miles to school and 3/4 of a mile to a friend's house, can they work out the total distance — and check whether their answer makes sense?
Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators, using visual models and benchmark fractions to estimate and assess reasonableness
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- Solve: 'Tara ate 2/5 of a pizza and Sam ate 1/3. How much did they eat together?'
- Recognise that 2/5 + 1/2 ≠ 3/7 because 3/7 < 1/2 but the sum should exceed 1/2
- Estimate a fraction sum using benchmarks (0, 1/2, 1) before computing exactly
“If your child walks 1 and 1/2 miles to school and 3/4 of a mile to a friend's house, can they work out the total distance — and check whether their answer makes sense?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Fractions
- Age range
- Ages 10–11