Cutting it up
Students represent fractions using linear materials and recognise key equivalent fractions. They share collections equally to solve simple problems (halves, quarters and eighths).
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Year level(s) | Year 3 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Concrete Representational Abstract model, Culturally responsive pedagogies |
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Curriculum connections | Numeracy, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Culture |
Strand and focus | Number |
Topics | Fractions |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMNA058
Model and represent unit fractions including 1/2, 1/4, 1/3, 1/5 and their multiples to a complete whole
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National numeracy learning progression |
Interpreting fractions
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InF1, InF2, InF3
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Copyright details |
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Organisation | Queensland University of Technology |
Copyright | © Queensland University of Technology. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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