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Fractions: halves, quarters, thirds and equivalence
This guide provides a sequence of small steps for exploring fractions, from recognising and finding halves, quarters and thirds through to exploring equivalence and counting in fractions.
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Year level(s) | Year 3, Year 4 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Questioning, Concrete Representational Abstract model, Explicit teaching |
Keywords | fractions, unit fractions, non-unit fractions, equivalence, explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
Strand and focus | Number, Build understanding |
Topics | Fractions, Multiplication and division |
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M3N02
Recognise and represent unit fractions including 12, 13, 14, 15 and 110 and their multiples in different ways; combine fractions with the same denominator to complete the whole
AC9M4N03
Find equivalent representations of fractions using related denominators and make connections between fractions and decimal notation
AC9M4N04
Count by fractions including mixed numerals; locate and represent these fractions as numbers on number lines |
Numeracy progression |
Interpreting fractions (P5)
Counting processes (P8) |
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Organisation | White Rose Maths |
Copyright | © 2021 White Rose Maths. Free-for-education material. |
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