Sunday, March 13, 2011

Maths Swap (Fractions)

TERM 1: HAVE FUN LEARNING ALL ABOUT FRACTIONS!

BASICS

Learn about fractions at this fun fruit and vegetable market!




KNOWLEDGE ACTIVITIES

Build your own fraction wall and much, much more!



A nice introduction to fractions.  Flip the strips on and off.  Compare them to others.  Have fun.



How do fractions fit together?  Have a play and find out!



Now we're stepping it up!  Have a play with the numerators and denominators.  Watch how the bars change.



CA - AC

  • Learn to read and write fractions.
  • Learn to find fractions of continuous models (length and shapes).
  • Learn to find fractions of discrete models (sets of objects).


Practise identifying and sorting halves and quarters.  



What fraction is shaded?



Design a flag that is shaded ½ white and ½ green...



Choose five fractions and cross them off as they pop up.  "BINGO!"



Learn to add and subtract fractions in this handy little lesson.




AC - EA


WHERE'S GRAMPY?
He's hiding behind that fractional hedge!



If a whole pizza costs 60p (English money!), how much will half a pizza cost?




What fraction of the balls are blue?



Choose five numbers and as your answers are revealed, cross them out.  "BINGO!"




COMPARISON TO A HALF
Start comparing fractions with fun activity.  



EQUIVALENT CIRCLES
Learn to compare fractions and find equivalents.



How much money can you make working in Tony's pizza shop?  You only have 4 minutes, now go for it!





Learn to find ½ of 12 etc.



EA - AA

SIMPLIFYING FRACTIONS
Check out this awesome tutorial on simplifying fractions.















AA - AM


Read along and see that there are many ways to make a half!



Have fun finding equivalent fractions!



Drag and drop the monkey to the correct place on the fraction line.



Create a fraction and click 'Check' to see if it is an equivalent fraction.



Have fun comparing fractions, decimals and percentages with these fun interactive grids.



Now we're getting serious.  Can you match these decimals, fractions and percentages?  How about solve the number problems?  Jump in and find out.



Compare the fractions, decimals and percentages.  Which ones match.



AM-AP





Learn to add and subtract fractions in this handy little lesson.




COOKIES FOR GRAMPY!
Build cookies for Grampy and make him a mildly happier man.



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