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Exploring Fractions Deeply

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Exploring Fractions Deeply

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Fractions of Sets

1.At a science museum activity, there are 10 model planets: 4 are blue and 6 are orange. What fraction of the models are blue?
  • 4/6
  • 4/10
  • 6/10
2.A display has 15 fossil replicas, and 5 are ammonites. Write the fraction of the replicas that are ammonites. Give your answer in its simplest form.
3.Poppy counts 12 tickets for a museum show. 5 tickets are green and the rest are yellow. What fraction of the tickets are yellow?
4.There are 24 visitors in a workshop. One quarter of them are using a microscope. How many visitors are using a microscope?

Fractions on a Number Line

5.Place 1/5, 3/5 and 4/5 on the number line, in the correct positions.
00.20.40.60.81
6.Which fraction is closest to 1/2: 1/8, 3/8 or 7/8?
  • 1/8
  • 3/8
  • 7/8
7.Write a fraction with denominator 10 that lies between 2/10 and 8/10.

Fraction Problems and Vocabulary

8.Evie examines 3/10 of a model rocket in the morning and 4/10 in the afternoon. What fraction did she examine altogether?
9.A museum activity sheet has 18 questions. Sophie completes 1/3 of them. How many questions does she complete?
10.In the fraction 4/7, what is the name of the top number, and what is the name of the bottom number?
11.A fraction is written as 3/4. Explain what the 3 and the 4 tell you about a whole divided into equal parts.

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  • Exploring Fractions Deeply, page 1 of 2: Fractions of Sets, Fractions on a Number Line

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  • Exploring Fractions Deeply, page 2 of 2: Fraction Problems and Vocabulary

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