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Coun7ng
•  LOTSofcoun7ng!Whatconceptscouldthisleadto?
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Ideasforfrac7onsathome
Workwith‘stuff’(con7nuousquan77es)moving
betweenaunitof‘1’andaunitwhichisn’t1
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Frac7onsasnumbers
•  Onehalfis½0.550%
•  Onequarteris¼0.2525%
•  Threequartersis¾0.7575%
•  Onetenthis1/10or0.1
•  Onehundrethis1/100or0.01
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Improperfrac7onandmixednumber
7
2
=1
5
5
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Equivalence
2
7
x5
x5
10
35
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Calcula7ngwithFrac7ons
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Calcula7ngwithfrac7ons
3 3
+
10 10
8 8
+
10 10
2 3
1 −
10 10
•  Readas:3ofthosethingscalledtenths,add3of
thosethingscalledtenths=6/10
2 1
+
3 4
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Calcula&ngwithFrac&ons
•  ¾x12(some7meswri_enas3/4of6)
•  6÷½(diagram)
•  ⅓÷2(diagram)
•  ¼x½=⅛(picture)
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Frac7onsofquan77es
(Frac7onxwholenumber)
¾x12=9
3
3
3
3
•  Drawabar,splititintofourparts(i.e.
quarters)thencolourthreeofthem
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Dividingbyfrac7ons
(wholenumber÷afrac7on)
**Linktodivisione.g.12÷3-Howmany3sin12?
6÷½=12
“Howmanyhalves
aretherein6?”
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Frac7on÷WholeNumber
​1/3 ÷2
Drawabar,withthreeparts,thendrawa
horizontallinetodivideby2
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Mul7plyingfrac7ons
¼x½=1/8
Drawarectanglewithquartersononesideandhalves
ontheother.Colourinthequarter,thencrosshatch
the½.Thisexplainswhyyouhave1/8visually.
¼
¼
¼
¼
½
½
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