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Introducing Basic Fractions

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Introducing Basic Fractions

Introducing Basic Fractions

Colourful fraction circles and strips illustration

🍰 Part 1: Understanding Fractions

1. What is a fraction? Circle the best answer:

A whole number like 5 or 10

Equal parts of a whole

A very large number

Something you can only eat

2. Fill in the blanks using the words: whole, equal parts, fraction

When we divide something into _____________, each part is called a _____________. All the parts together make one _____________.

3. Draw a circle and divide it into 2 equal parts. Colour one part.

🔢 Part 2: Reading and Writing Fractions

4. Match the fraction words with their symbols:
1. One half
2. One third
3. One quarter
4. One fifth
A. 1/5
B. 1/2
C. 1/4
D. 1/3
5. In the fraction 3/4, which number is the numerator?

3

4

Both numbers

Neither number

6. In the fraction 2/6, the denominator tells us:

How many parts we have

How many equal parts make the whole

What colour the parts are

How big the whole is

📏 Part 3: Fractions on a Number Line

7. Draw a number line from 0 to 1. Mark where you think 1/2 would go.
8. Which fraction is closest to 0 on a number line?

1/2

1/8

1/3

1/4

9. Put these fractions in order from smallest to largest: 1/2, 1/8, 1/4

Smallest: _______ Middle: _______ Largest: _______

🎨 Part 4: Creating Fraction Models

10. Draw a rectangle and divide it into 4 equal parts. Colour 3 parts. What fraction is coloured?

Fraction coloured: _______

11. Check all the fractions you might find in everyday life:

Half an apple

A quarter of a pizza

One third of a chocolate bar

The whole sky

Half a sandwich

12. Explain in your own words what makes parts "equal" when we talk about fractions:

🤔 Part 5: Thinking About Fractions

13. Circle the shapes that show equal parts:

Teacher note: Draw 4 circles - two showing equal parts, two showing unequal parts

14. If you fold a paper strip into 6 equal parts, what fraction is each part?
15. True or False: All fractions are smaller than 1.

True

False

16. What fraction vocabulary words did you learn today? Write as many as you can remember:
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