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20 Maths Task 1

Writing and drawing fractions.

We have learnt that fractions tell us about parts of whole things.

If something eg a pizza is cut into 4 parts, one of those parts is called, ¼, a quarter. Or if there are 12
sweets, and you put them into 4 piles, one of those piles is ¼ of the sweets.
The number on the bottom of the fraction (denominator) tells you how many parts are in the whole thing.
Remember you can cut a pizza in many ways… into 3 parts, 4 parts, 5 parts, even 20 parts! (depending on
how many pieces you need)
If my pizza is cut into quarters and I take 2 pieces I have 2/4 (two quarters). If my pizza is cut into fifths (5
pieces) and I take 2 pieces I have 2/5 (two fifths).
A fraction has 2 numbers in it.

The number on the bottom (denominator) tells us how many parts there are altogether. The number on
the top (numerator) tells us how many of those parts we have. To write a fraction we need a
denominator and a numerator.
Example I have 6 pears. If I eat 2 of them what fraction have I eaten?
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Write the full amount (6) as your denominator (on the bottom)
Write how many have been eaten (2) as your numerator (on the top).
Answer 2/6

Now try these yourself.

Take a different coloured pen.
Next to your first fraction, use this pen to write the denominator and numerator for the fraction that was
not eaten.

To draw a fraction you need to understand what the denominator and numerator are telling you.
Mum makes a cake and 3/8 is eaten. Draw the fraction eaten.

The denominator (bottom number) tells us how many slices there were altogether. So we can draw a cake
with 8 slices.

The numerator (top number) tells us how many were eaten. So now we can colour 3 slices. (You do that
on my picture). And that shows the fraction 3/8 that were eaten. What fraction was not eaten?(clue the
uncoloured part of the cake!).
Now draw pictures for the fractions in questions 7-10.
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Draw how many items there should be altogether (denominator)
Cross out (or colour) how many have been eaten (numerator)
So – Mrs Mcveigh has eaten ¼ of the apples.
Draw 4 apples
Cross out 1
Maths Task 2
Comparing fractions with the same denominator.
1. For pictures of fractions
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Count the parts to compare

This fraction has 2 parts coloured This fraction has 1 part coloured

So this fraction is bigger than (>) this fraction

Complete these. Either write on the sheet or copy the fractions in your book. Use the
pictures to work out which sign (> or <) to write in the box.
2. For written fractions
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Look at the numerator (top number) to compare.

Example. Compare 2/3 (two thirds) and 1/3 (one third)

2/3 is 2 parts out of 3
and
1/3 is 1 part out of 3.
The numerator 2 is bigger than the numerator 1 so 2/3 > 1/3
Now complete questions 14 to 20 from Task 2 on the core learning sheet.
 Maths Task 3
Comparing fractions with a different denominator
This is more tricky!
When the denominator is different, the numerator won’t help.
First we have to understand that fractions can be the same size even if the denominator is different.
For example
I have 2 pizzas. One is cut into quarters and one is cut into halves.

You can see that 2 of these quarters is the same size as 1 of these halves. 2/4 = 1/2
This is called equivalent fractions (fractions that have different denominators but are the same size).
This picture shows that 3/12 is equivalent to (the same as) ¼

Your turn!

Find equivalent fractions from the pictures at the bottom of the next page. Cut on the dotted line to
separate these pictures from the ones at the top.
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Write the numerators for each picture
Cut out each picture with it’s written fraction. (16 pictures)

Match pictures with the same sized fraction (the same amount is shaded even if the denominator is
different).

Stick them side by side in your book (or on paper) and write = between (just like the example above).

Now have a go at the last activity.

S2S make the 2nd shape have an equivalent fraction to the 1st shape.

colour an area the same size as the shaded part of the 1st shape.

Work out what the denominator and numerator are for the coloured area.

This is the equivalent fraction. Write it next to the second shape

cut on this line ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………