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Fractions: applying the four operations
This guide provides a sequence of small steps for deepening understanding of fractions, from simplifying fractions to comparing and ordering fractions through to adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions.
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Year level(s) | Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Questioning, Explicit teaching |
Keywords | equivalent, simplify, improper fractions, mixed numbers, explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
Strand and focus | Number, Build understanding |
Topics | Addition and subtraction, Fractions, Multiplication and division, Operating with number |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMNA077
Investigate equivalent fractions used in contexts
ACMNA078
Count by quarters halves and thirds, including with mixed numerals. Locate and represent these fractions on a number line
ACMNA102
Compare and order common unit fractions and locate and represent them on a number line
ACMNA103
Investigate strategies to solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same denominator
ACMNA125
Compare fractions with related denominators and locate and represent them on a number line
ACMNA126
Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same or related denominators
ACMNA127
Find a simple fraction of a quantity where the result is a whole number, with and without digital technologies
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National numeracy learning progression |
Additive strategies
Multiplicative strategies Interpreting fractions - InF5, InF6, InF7 |
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Organisation | White Rose Maths |
Copyright | © 2021 White Rose Maths. Free-for-education material. |
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