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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
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
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
National numeracy learning progression	Additive strategies Multiplicative strategies Interpreting fractions - InF5, InF6, InF7
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