Fractions as division video

The video uses the scenario of friends sharing food where the number of pieces does not share equally without remainders for the number of people or each person not receiving a whole portion. We show how to develop the idea of sharing as a strategy for division.

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Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 5, Year 6
Audience	Student
Purpose	Student task
Format	Video
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Worked examples, Concrete Representational Abstract model
Keywords	real world maths
Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus	Number
Topics	Fractions, Multiplication and division
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M5N07 Solve problems involving division, choosing efficient strategies and using digital tools where appropriate; interpret any remainder according to the context and express results as a whole number, decimal or fraction AC9M6N07 Solve problems that require finding a familiar fraction, decimal or percentage of a quantity, including percentage discounts, choosing efficient calculation strategies and using digital tools where appropriate
Numeracy progression	Multiplicative strategies (P7, P9) Interpreting fractions (P7, P8)
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Organisation	Education Services Australia
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