Fractured Names

Suitable for: Aims: Players: Resources: What to do: Get children to write down the name JAMES BOND Now ask them to count all the letters that make up the whole name. There are 9 individual letters Now explain that the whole can be broken into parts such as vowels and consonants. How many vowels out of 9 are there? There are 3 out of 9. How many consonants are there? There are 6 out of 9. Add the two parts together and what do you get 3/9 + 6/9 = 9/9 Explain that this is another way of saying a whole because 9 divided by 9 is 1, thats one whole one. Now get children to investigate the fractional parts of their own names and those of their friends. Pencil and paper An activity for any number or participants. To practise adding fractions in order to make a whole To recognise numerator and denominator and their meanings KS1 KS2

Variations: Focus on specific maths vocabulary and use this of spelling activities centered around maths words.

Challenge Questions: Which names have the same fractional parts? Are there some names that dont make a whole?