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GRADE 4 MATHS SYLLABUS (FOURTH TERM)

NAME: _______________________

GRADE: ______________________

A. FRACTIONS: Textbook (DIY Fractions – on school computer)

Content Pg

1 Fraction Walls 1, 2

2 Colour in Fractions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

3 Smartie Project 8

4 Types of Fractions 9

5 Equivalent Fractions 9

6 “Of” fractions 10, 11

7 Adding of fractions 12

8 Subtraction of fractions 13

9 Revision test on fractions 14, 15, 16

10 Maths Numeracy: Gr 3 and 4 16

11 Maths Numeracy: Gr 4 and 5 16

FRACTION GAMES (on computer)

B. DECIMAL FRACTIONS

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Fraction Wall

1 whole

1 2

1 2

1 4

1 4

1 4

1 4

1 8

1 8

1 8

1 8

1 8

1 8

1 8

1 8

1 16

1 16

1 16

1 16

1 16

1 16

1 16

1 16

1 16

1 16

1 16

1 16

1 16

1 16

1 16

1 16

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Fraction Wall

1 whole

1 3

1 3

1 3

1 6

1 6

1 6

1 6

1 6

1 6

1 12

1 12

1 12

1 12

1 12

1 12

1 12

1 12

1 12

1 12

1 12

1 12

Fraction Wall

1 whole

1 5

1 5

1 5

1 5

1 5

1 10

1 10

1 10

1 10

1 10

1 10

1 10

1 10

1 10

1 10

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5

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SMARTIE PROJECT (FRACTIONS)

Buy a small box of smarties and bring it to school with you. Open the box and answer the following questions.

Questions Number Fraction

How many smarties are there in your box?

How many are brown?

How many are orange?

How many are red?

How many are blue?

How many are green?

How many are yellow?

How many are purple?

How many are pink?

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TYPES OF FRACTIONS

Proper fraction eg 3 5

Improper fraction eg 5 4

Mixed fraction eg 1 ½

Equal fraction eg ½ = ½

Equivalent fraction eg 5 and 1 10 2

INSTAMATHS EXERCISE ON EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS

43 Equivalent fractions (1) 20

44 Equivalent fractions (2) 20 Exercise: Fill in the missing equivalent fractions

1 = __ 2 8

2 = 4 3

1 = _ 10

3 = 9 5

1 = _ = 3 3 6

1 = 3 = __ 5 30

5 = 25 8

3 = __ 7 21

Make your own equivalent fraction.

5 9

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FRACTIONS USING “OF” (WORKSHEET 1)

What is half of 12 __________ ; 26 ___________; 22 ______________ What is a quarter of 100 ________ ; 72 _________; 60 ________ What is a third of : 9 ________; 21__________; 35 ____________ What is a fifth of 20 _________; 35 __________; 45 ____________ Fill in the correct answers : tenth; sixth; quarter; seventh; ninth; fifth; third; eighth Eg If 2 equal parts, each part is one half.

a) If 3 equal parts, each part is one ____________

f) If 7 equal parts, each part is one ____________

b) If 4 equal parts, each part is one _____________

g) If 8 equal parts, each part is one ____________

c) If 5 equal parts, each part is one ____________

h) If 9 equal parts, each part is one ____________

d) If 6 equal parts, each part is one ____________

i) If 10 equal parts, each part is one ___________

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FRACTIONS USING “OF” (WORKSHEET 2)

a) What is one third of 18? _______

e) What is four tenths of 20? ________

b) What is an eighth of 16? _______

f) What is three eighths of 8 ? ______

c) What is one quarter of 28? _____

g) What is two fifths of 10? _________

d) What is a fifth of 25? _______

h) What is two thirds of 21? _________

EXERCISE

1. One quarter of a class of 28 paint the room. How many children paint? _____

2. One seventh of a class of 35 children are absent. How many children are absent? ___

3. There are 48 boys in grade 4. They are split into two classrooms. How many boys in each classroom?

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4. Three quarters of a class go on a school trip. What fraction of the children remain at school? ____________

5. 16 children split into two equal teams for football. How many children are there on each side? ___________

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INSTA-MATHS EXERCISES (OF)

Ex Total Your mark

39 One-part fractions 20

40 One part fractions of a group of things 20

41 Ordering one-part fractions 20

45 Quarters of a group of things 20

46 Fractions of real things 10

ADDING OF FRACTIONS

1. 3 + 2

4 4

2. 3 + 4 5 5

3. 2 + 3 10 5

4. 1 + 3

8 4

5. 3 + 5

7 14

6. 5 + 4 6 12

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SUBTRACTION OF FRACTIONS

1. 5 - 2 7 7

2. 4 - 1 6 3

3. 2 - 3 3 6

4. 3 - 3 5 10

5. 7 - 1 8 4

6. 5 - 8 6 12

INSTA-MATHS EXERCISES

42 Counting in fractions 20

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REVISION TEST FOR FRACTONS

1. What number is the numerator in the fraction 2? ______________

7 2. What is 3 of 24? _____________

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3. What number is the denominator in the fraction 5? _______________ 10 4. Write the fraction 12 in its lowest form? _____________ 36 5. Write an equivalent fraction to 4 _______________ 5 6. True or false? 1 < 3 ___________ 3 6

7.True or false? 3 < 6 4 10

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8. Write 12 as a mixed fraction. _______________ 7 9. Write the fraction 12 in its lowest form? _____________ 36 10. Write down a proper fraction. _________________

1. What is the name given to a fraction that is written like this; 15 5

12. 2 + 1 + 1 = Write the answer in its simplest form. (2) 6 6 6 ____________ 13. 5 - 4 = 5 10 ___________

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14. One fifth of a class of 20 children went to swimming. a) What fraction of the children stayed in the class ? ___________ b) How many children went to swimming? ______________ 15. If 3 of a class do science and 1 do music. What fraction of a class does neither? 4 8 _____________________ 16. 9 is equivalent to ___________ 9 17. What is ½ of 100? ____________ 18. Simplify 9

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