What is a fraction?

1 Whatfractionofeachshapeisshaded?

a) c)

b) d)

2 Shadeeachdiagramtorepresentthefractions.

a) c)

16

58

b) d)

56

58

3 Circletheunitfractions.

13

15

35

18

23

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Howdoyouknowwhichareunitfractions?

4 a) Ticktheshapeswithonethirdshaded.

A D F

B E G

C

b) Completethesentencestodescribetheshapeswith

onethirdshaded.

Thereare equalpartsaltogether.

outof equalpartsisshaded.

oftheshapeisshaded.

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7 Drawfourdifferentrepresentationsof 34

8 Amirhasdrawnsome2Dshapes.

a) Whatfractionoftheshapesaretriangles?

b) Whatfractionoftheshapesaresquares?

c) Whatfractionoftheshapeshavefoursides?

d) Draw2Dshapestomatchthedescription.

15

aresquares, 25

aretriangles, 35

havemorethan3sides.

Compareshapeswithapartner.

Whatisthesameaboutyourshapes?Isanythingdifferent?

5 Drawanarrowtoshowthepositionofthefractiononthe

numberline.

a) 14

0 1

b) 35

0 1

c) 12

0 1

d) 13

0 1

6 Drawanarrowtoshowthepositionof 55

onthenumberline.

0 1

Whatdoyounotice?

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