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Exploring Fractions Deeply

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Exploring Fractions Deeply

Fraction circles and number line

🔍 Part 1: Identifying Fractions from Sets

1. Look at this set of 8 sweets. 3 are red and 5 are blue. What fraction are red?

3/5

3/8

5/8

2. In a box of 12 biscuits, 4 are chocolate chip. Write the fraction that shows the chocolate chip biscuits:

Fraction: _______

3. Sarah has 10 pencils. 7 are sharpened and 3 are blunt. What fraction are blunt?
4. Challenge: In a class of 20 children, 1/4 are wearing trainers. How many children is this?

Answer: _______ children

📏 Part 2: Fractions on Number Lines

5. Mark these fractions on the number line below:

Place: 1/4, 1/2, 3/4

0 _________________________ 1

6. Which fraction is closest to 1/2?

1/4

3/8

7/8

7. Write the fraction that comes between 1/4 and 3/4:

Answer: _______

🧮 Part 3: Fraction Word Problems

8. Tom ate 2/8 of a pizza. His sister ate 3/8 of the same pizza. How much pizza did they eat altogether?

Answer: _______

9. Challenge: A chocolate bar has 12 squares. Emma breaks off 1/3 of the bar. How many squares does she take?

Answer: _______ squares

10. Fill in the missing words using fraction vocabulary:

In the fraction 3/5, the number 3 is called the _____________ and the number 5 is called the _____________.

11. Explain in your own words what the fraction 2/3 means:

✅ Answer Key

1. 3/8
2. 4/12 or 1/3
3. 3/10
4. 5 children
5. (Students should mark 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 on the number line)
6. 3/8
7. 1/2
8. 5/8
9. 4 squares
10. numerator; denominator
11. (Answers will vary)

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