Fractions of a whole
Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a/b as a parts of size 1/b
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“If you cut a pizza into 6 equal slices, can your child explain what 1/6 means — and then work out what 4/6 of the pizza looks like?”
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- Activity. Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a/b as a parts of size 1/b
What to notice. Given a shape divided into 5 equal parts, identify one shaded part as 1/5 • Explain that 3/4 means 3 parts each of size 1/4 • Draw a model showing 2/6 as 2 pieces of a whole cut into 6
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If you cut a pizza into 6 equal slices, can your child explain what 1/6 means — and then work out what 4/6 of the pizza looks like?
Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a/b as a parts of size 1/b
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- Given a shape divided into 5 equal parts, identify one shaded part as 1/5
- Explain that 3/4 means 3 parts each of size 1/4
- Draw a model showing 2/6 as 2 pieces of a whole cut into 6
“If you cut a pizza into 6 equal slices, can your child explain what 1/6 means — and then work out what 4/6 of the pizza looks like?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Fractions
- Age range
- Ages 8–9