More fractions
This is a level 4 number activity from the Figure It Out series. It is focused on expressing simple fractions to tenths or hundredths. A PDF of the student activity is included.
About this resource
Figure It Out is a series of 80 books published between 1999 and 2009 to support teaching and learning in New Zealand classrooms.
This resource provides the teachers' notes and answers for one activity from the Figure It Out series. A printable PDF of the student activity can be downloaded from the materials that come with this resource.
Specific learning outcomes:
- Express simple fractions to tenths or hundredths.
More fractions
Achievement objectives
NA4-5: Know the equivalent decimal and percentage forms for everyday fractions.
Required materials
- Figure It Out, Level 3, Number, Book 1, "More fractions", page 10
- pies copymaster (More fractions CM)
See Materials that come with this resource to download:
- More fractions activity (.pdf)
- More fractions CM (.pdf)
Activity
This activity uses a circle with 100 divisions to help students express simple fractions as tenths and hundredths. A copymaster is provided at the back of this booklet (More fractions CM).
Although the students could use any two opposite points to answer question 1, it would be useful if they labelled the large marks in tens starting with a zero and moving either clockwise or anticlockwise.
They would then be able to count the number of tenths that makes a half of the circle. They would need to realise that there are 100 small divisions to answer question 2b.
To do question 4a, students will have to find the centre of the pie and make their cuts from 0, 20, 40, 60, and 80 to the centre.
The centre can be found at the intersection of any two diameters.
Question 4c will present an interesting challenge because students will not be able to divide 100 marks exactly by eight.
Once students have found out that 12.5 divisions are needed for each of the eighths, they could make a table of eighths translated to thier respective hundredths amount.
1.
He can cut the pie from one mark across to the opposite mark.
2.
a. 1/2 = 5/10
b. 1/2 = 50/100
3.
a. He cuts the pie in half using two opposite marks. On each piece, he finds the mark that is 25/100 from the cut and makes another cut to its opposite mark. For example, a pie marked 0–100 could be cut from 0 to 50 and then from 25 to 75.
b. 1/4 = 25/100
4.
a. 100 ÷ 5 = 20. So cut from mark 0 to the centre, then from mark 20 to the centre. Do the same from marks 40, 60, and 80.
b. 100 ÷ 10 = 10. Make five diameter cuts across the pie, the first from 0 to 50, then from 10 to 60, etc. Another way is to cut from 10 to the centre, 20 to the centre, etc.
c. 100 ÷ 8 = 12.5. Make four diameter cuts: the first from 0 to 50, the second from 12.5 across to 62.5 (12.5 + 50), the third from 25 across to 75 (25 + 50), and the fourth from 37.5 across to 87.5 (37.5 + 50). Another way is to cut from 12.5 to the centre, 25 to the centre, etc.
5.
a. 2/2 = 10/10
b. 3/4 = 75/100
c. 2/5 = 4/10
d. 7/10 = 70/100
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