GRADE 4 MATHS SYLLABUS (FOURTH TERM)
NAME: _______________________
GRADE: ______________________
A. FRACTIONS: Textbook (DIY Fractions – on school computer)
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Content
Fraction Walls
Colour in Fractions
Smartie Project
Types of Fractions
Equivalent Fractions
“Of” fractions
Adding of fractions
Subtraction of fractions
Revision test on fractions
Maths Numeracy: Gr 3 and 4
Maths Numeracy: Gr 4 and 5
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1, 2
3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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FRACTION GAMES (on computer)
B. DECIMAL FRACTIONS
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Fraction Wall
1 whole
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4
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8
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16
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4
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8
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16 16
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4
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8
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16
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16
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16
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16
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16
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1
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16
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16
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16
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Fraction Wall
1 whole
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12
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Fraction Wall
1 whole
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SMARTIE PROJECT (FRACTIONS)
Buy a small box of smarties and bring it to school with you. Open the box and answer the following questions.
Questions
Number
Fraction
How many smarties are there in your box?
How many are brown?
How many are orange?
How many are red?
How many are blue?
How many are green?
How many are yellow?
How many are purple?
How many are pink?
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TYPES OF FRACTIONS
Proper fraction eg 3
5
Equal fraction eg ½ = ½
Improper fraction eg 5
4
Equivalent fraction eg 5 and 1
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Mixed fraction eg 1 ½
INSTAMATHS EXERCISE ON EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS
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Equivalent fractions (1)
Equivalent fractions (2)
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Exercise: Fill in the missing equivalent fractions
1 = __
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8
1 =
3
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6
2 = 4
3
= 3 1 = 3 = __
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30
1=_
10
5 = 25
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9
3= 9
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3 =
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Make your own
equivalent fraction.
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FRACTIONS USING “OF” (WORKSHEET 1)
What is half of 12 __________ ; 26 ___________; 22 ______________
What is a quarter of 100 ________ ; 72 _________; 60 ________
What is a third of : 9 ________; 21__________; 35 ____________
What is a fifth of 20 _________; 35 __________; 45 ____________
Fill in the correct answers : tenth; sixth; quarter; seventh; ninth; fifth; third; eighth
Eg If 2 equal parts, each part is one half.
a) If 3 equal parts, each part is one ____________
f) If 7 equal parts, each part is one ____________
b) If 4 equal parts, each part is one _____________
g) If 8 equal parts, each part is one ____________
c) If 5 equal parts, each part is one ____________
h) If 9 equal parts, each part is one ____________
d) If 6 equal parts, each part is one ____________
i) If 10 equal parts, each part is one ___________
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FRACTIONS USING “OF” (WORKSHEET 2)
a) What is one third of 18? _______
e) What is four tenths of 20? ________
b) What is an eighth of 16? _______
f) What is three eighths of 8 ? ______
c) What is one quarter of 28? _____
g) What is two fifths of 10? _________
d) What is a fifth of 25? _______
h) What is two thirds of 21? _________
EXERCISE
1. One quarter of a class of 28 paint the room. How many children paint? _____
2. One seventh of a class of 35 children are absent. How many children are absent? ___
3. There are 48 boys in grade 4. They are split into two classrooms. How many boys in each classroom?
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4. Three quarters of a class go on a school trip. What fraction of the children remain at school? ____________
5. 16 children split into two equal teams for football. How many children are there on each side? ___________
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INSTA-MATHS EXERCISES (OF)
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Total
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One-part fractions
One part fractions of a group of things
Ordering one-part fractions
Quarters of a group of things
Fractions of real things
Your mark
ADDING OF FRACTIONS
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3 + 2
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4
2.
3 +
5
1 + 3
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5.
3+5
7 14
4.
12
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5
3.
2 + 3
10
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6.
5 + 4
6 12
SUBTRACTION OF FRACTIONS
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5 -2
7 7
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4 - 1
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3 - 3
5 10
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2 - 3
3 6
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7 - 1
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5 - 8
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INSTA-MATHS EXERCISES
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Counting in fractions
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REVISION TEST FOR FRACTONS
1. What number is the numerator in the fraction 2? ______________
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2. What is 3 of 24? _____________
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3. What number is the denominator in the fraction 5? _______________
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4. Write the fraction 12 in its lowest form? _____________
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5. Write an equivalent fraction to 4 _______________
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6. True or false? 1 < 3 ___________
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7.True or false? 3 < 6
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8. Write 12 as a mixed fraction. _______________
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9. Write the fraction 12 in its lowest form? _____________
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10. Write down a proper fraction. _________________
1. What is the name given to a fraction that is written like this; 15
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12.
2+ 1 + 1
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13. 5 - 4 =
5 10
=
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Write the answer in its simplest form. (2)
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14. One fifth of a class of 20 children went to swimming.
a) What fraction of the children stayed in the class ? ___________
b) How many children went to swimming? ______________
15. If 3 of a class do science and 1 do music. What fraction of a class does neither?
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16. 9 is equivalent to ___________
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17. What is ½ of 100? ____________
18. Simplify 9
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------COMPUTER ROOM: FRACTIONS AND DECIMAL FRACTIONS
(ONE LESSON A WEEK)
a) Maths Numeracy Grades 3 and 4: Fractions and Decimal fractions
b) Maths Numeracy Grades 3 and 4: Fractions and Decimal fractions
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