Fractions

Dear Parents,

For your reference.

The concept of fractions provide the children with opportunities to make sense and relate to the language and notation of fractions using everyday examples such as pizzas or birthday cakes that are round and chocolate bars that are rectangular.

Similarly, fractions doesn’t apply on round/ rectangular objects only, they apply generally to various types of shapes, including triangles.

Fractions are numbers; which tell us how much of a whole it represents.

For example; when a whole is divided into 2 equal parts, 1 out of 2 equal parts is represented as 1/2.

The total number of equal parts is called a whole and known as a denominator as for the number of the items cut/shaded/taken is known as a numerator.

Learning Outcomes:

·         Interpret a fraction in terms of equal parts of a whole

·         Read and write fractions

·         Compare and order

-unit fractions (same numerator eg 1/2, 1/3)

-like fractions ( same denominator eg 2/5, 4/5)

·         Add and subtract like fractions within one whole

*Students are not required to learn fraction as part of a set of objects (eg  of 20) as this will be dealt with in Primary 4.

Thank you