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Wednesday 28 August 2013

Finding Fractions


LI - Find fractions of lengths, including seeing when a fraction is greater than one.

Problem
Strategy
Answer
There are four people at the party and five wafers. How much wafer will each
person get?
1/4  + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 = 5/4
The answer is 5/4.✔
There are three people at the party and four wafers. How much wafer will each
person get?
1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 1 1/3
The answer is 1 1/3.✔
There are eight people at the party and two wafer. How much wafer will each
person get?
1/8 + 1/8 = 2/8
The answer is 2/8✔
There are five people at the party and four wafers. How much wafer will each
person get?
1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5 = 4/5
The answer is 4/5.✔
There are two people at the party and three wafers. How much wafer will each
person get?
1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 = 1 1/2
The answer is
1 1/2.✔

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