Activity 1A

RESOURCE 6-1 (Fractions constructs)

Instruction: Construct one half, one quarter and three quarters for each of these
polygons.

CIRCLE:

SQUARE:

TRIANGLE:

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Activity 1B
RESOURCE 6-2
1 1
Instruction: Construct non examples of and for each of these polygons.
2 4

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Activity 1C
RESOURCE 6-3

Instruction: Fold each of these polygons into equal parts, and shade one or more parts
and write proper fraction created.
RECTANGLE

PENTAGON

HEXAGON

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Activity 2
RESOURCE 6-4

Instruction: Fold each circle into 2 equal parts, and shade 3 halves.
Describe the shaded area in both improper fractions and mixed number.
Discuss the algorithm used in converting from improper fraction to mixed number and
vice versa.
CIRCLE:

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Activity 3 (Part 1)
RESOURCE 6-5:
Unifix Cubes / 5 blank strips of paper

Instruction: Using Unifix Cubes (Modified: five (5) blank strips of paper) to compare
fractions with the same denominator.
5 4 3 2 1
i.e: > > > >
5 5 5 5 5

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Activity 3 (Part 2)
RESOURCE 6-6

Instruction: Using these 10 blank strips of paper to create fraction chart and to compare
fractions with different denominators.

Activity 4

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RESOURCE 6-7:

A4 paper
Colour pencils
Instruction: Develop the concept of equivalence by folding A4 paper.
1 2 4
i.e: = = .
2 4 8

Give an example of equivalent fractions based on the fraction chart that has been created in
Activity 3 (Part 2).

Discuss the algoritms used to obtain equivalent fractions

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Activity 5 (Part 1)

Resource 6-8:
Paper strips
Colour pencils
Instruction: Demonstrate additon with same denominator by using paper strips and
colour pencils.
1 2
i.e: . + =¿
5 5

1 2
After that, using number line to show + .
5 5

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Activity 5 (Part 2)

Resource 6-9:
A4 paper
Colour pencils
Instruction: Demonstrate additon with different denominators by using A4 paper and
colour pencils.

After that, explain the algorithms used to add fractions with different/unlike
denominators.

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Activity 6 (Part 1)

Resource 6-10:
Paper strips
Colour pencils
Scissors
Instruction: Demonstrate subtraction with same denominator by using paper strips and
colour pencils.
3 2
i.e: . − =¿
5 5

3 2
After that, using number line to show −
5 5

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Activity 6 (Part 2)

Resource 6-11:
A4 paper
Colour pencils

Instruction: Demonstrate subtraction with different denominators by using A4 paper and

colour pencils.
1 1
i.e: . −
2 3

After that , discuss the algorithm to subtract unlike fractions.

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Activity 7 (Part 1)

Resource 6-12:
A4 paper
Instruction: Demonstrate multiplication ( number and fraction) by using A4 paper.
1
i.e: 2 × =
3

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Activity 7 (Part 2)

Resource 6-13:
Concrete object: Pencils/Unifix cubes
Instruction: Demonstrate multiplication (fraction and number) by using concrete objects.
1
i.e: ×12
3

After that, choose several examples to show how to use algoritm to multiply number and
fraction.

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Activity 7 (Part 3)

Resource 6-14:
4 x 5 grid paper
Colour pencils
Instruction: Demonstrate multiplication (fraction and fraction) by using 4 x 5 grid paper
and pencils.
3 1
i.e: × =
4 5

After that, the algorithm will be discussed.

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Activity 8 (Part 1)

Resource 6-15:
2 Paper trips
Colour pencils
Instruction: Demonstrate division (number and number) by using paper strips and colour
pencils.

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Activity 8 (Part 2)

Resource 6-16:
Paper strip
Colour pencils
Instruction: Demonstrate division (number and fraction) by using paper strips and colour
pencils.
1
i.e. 1 ÷
2

After that, the algoritm will be discussed.

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Activity 8 (Part 3)

Resource 6-17:
2 Paper strips
Colour pencils
Instruction: Instruction: Demonstrate division (fraction and fraction) by using paper strips
and colour pencils.
1 1
i.e. ÷
2 4

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Resource 6-18 (Worksheet 6-1)

Num Question
1. 2
Give two equivalent fractions for . Explain your answer.
3

2. 4 2
How do you know that = ?
6 3

3. Which fraction in each pair is greater? Explain your answer.

4 5 4 4
a) ∨ b) ∨
7 7 5 9

4. Mark is offered the choice of a third of a pizza or a half of a pizza. Because he

is hungry and likes pizza, he chooses the half. His friend Jane gets a third of a
pizza but end ups with more than Mark. How can that be?

5. Perform the followings using algoritm:

2 2 2 2
a) + b) +
5 5 3 5

5 3 5 1
c) − d) −
7 7 8 4

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6. Perform the followings using algorithm:
3 4
a) ×8 b) 15 ×
4 5

3 1
c) ×
5 3

7. Perform the followings:

1 1 1
a) ÷ b) ÷6
3 6 3

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