Fractions, Decimals and
Percentages- KS2
How can you help at home?
Fractions
An excellent way for children to understand fractions is to use
real life objects e.g. fruit. Ask your children, when they are
having a snack, to tell you when they have eaten a
even a
1
3
1
4
or
1
2
or
! It’s a fun easy way to include some maths into every day.
Using pizza is a popular food choice to use when mastering fractions. Ask the children to tell
you how much pizza they would like, telling you the amount in fractions…they might say one
whole!
It’s important children learn the relationship between Decimals, Fractions and Percentages.
Decimals/Percentages
Decimals, Fractions and Percentages are just different ways of showing the same value:
A Half can be
written...
1/
As a fraction:
2
As a decimal: 0.5
As a
50%
percentage:
A Quarter can be
written...
As a fraction:
As a decimal:
As a percentage:
1/
4
0.25
25%
Here is a table of commonly used values shown in Percent, Decimal and
Fraction form:
Useful websites to help children understand fractions,
decimals and percentages!
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx?cat=24
A great website – teaching children fractions of amounts.
http://www.mathsisfun.com/fractions.html
A good website for showing fractions as pizza slices! Also includes adding
and subtraction of fractions.
http://nrich.maths.org/8957
Great website for those who like a challenge! Explore this website for all sorts of
engaging problems/investigations.
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/fractions/
A website with games on all things relating to fractions!
http://nrich.maths.org/10496
Brilliant for general understanding of fractions!
http://www.mathsisfun.com/decimal-fraction-percentage.html
Great for understanding the relationship between fractions, decimals and
percentages.
http://mathszone.co.uk/fractions-decimals-percentages/
Excellent website with lots of games for children to practice fractions,
decimals and percentages.