Posts tagged as "fractions"

This is the second page where we look at questions such as: ‘How many sixths make two and a half?’ Children need to know that there are six sixths in one whole one and also need to understand equivalent fractions and that a half is equivalent to three sixths. Many children fail to grasp this [...]

Several different sets of skills and knowledge needed for these questions. Firstly knowledge of measurements eg that there are 1000 metres in a kilometre, 1000 ml in a litre etc, as well as a couple of Imperial measures thrown in as an extra challenge. Download “What_fraction_1”File Size: 61.99 KB

Here we have some quite tricky questions on fractions, suitable for Year 6. The key to these is to think carefully about how many parts or fractions of a number make one whole one and to understand equivalent fractions. Understanding equivalent fractions is the key to understanding fractions generally and it is a good start [...]

Year 5 Maths Worksheet: relate fractions and division

Reading and writing fractions remain a bit of a mystery for many children, but our cunning foxes can help. This worksheet looks at how to read and write fractions from halves to tenths using numbers or words.  As well as reading a fraction such as 1/3 as one third, it can also be read as [...]

Once the idea of equivalent fractions has been understood it becomes possible to compare two fractions to see which is the larger. The first thing to remember is that the larger the number on the bottom of the fraction, the smaller each part of the fraction is. So 4/100 is much smaller than 4/25. Now [...]

One of the hardest ideas to get over to children is equivalent fractions, but it is one of the most vital. These pages look at some of the easier equivalence, using sixths, eighths and tenths and relating them to halves. It is a good idea to have as much practical work as possible, either shading [...]

This worksheet looks at the relationship between fractions and division. It is important that children understand that finding one half of a number is equivalent to dividing by 2, that finding one quarter of a number is the same as dividing the number by 4 and to find one fifth is equivalent to dividing by [...]

Here we have some more work on understanding equivalence in fractions. The first question looks at simple equivalence between halves, fifths, tenths etc and asks which fractions are less than a half. The quick way to work this out is to see if the top number (numerator) is less than double the bottom number (denominator) [...]