Maths - fractions
Fractions should be introduced to children in a visual and practical manner. Dividing a pizza into three pieces illustrates a third, children sometimes ask for half an apple or you ask your child to share the building blocks equally between five people. This is then followed up by number sheets such as those below. The top four worksheets show the progression of teaching.
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Adding and subtracting fractions can be taught by dividing a chocolate bar into the necessary number of pieces e.g. add 1/2 and 1/2 = 1.
Adding and subtracting fractions
How to teach fractions
It is important that fractions are introduced in a visual way to children. For example 'Here is a bar of chocolate with 4 squares What fraction of this bar is one square......?
Ratio and proportion
Ratio can be used to compare quantities; when comparing quantities the proportion of one to the other may be used.