🍰 Part 1: Understanding Fractions

1. Circle the shapes that are divided into equal parts:

A rectangle divided into 2 equal parts

A circle divided into 3 unequal parts

A square divided into 4 equal parts

A triangle divided into 2 unequal parts

2. What does the denominator tell us?

How many parts we are talking about

How many equal parts the whole is divided into

The size of each part

The colour of the parts

3. What does the numerator tell us?

How many equal parts the whole is divided into

How many parts we are talking about

The total number of objects

The shape we are using

🎨 Part 2: Drawing Fraction Models

4. Draw a rectangle and divide it into 2 equal parts. Colour 1 part to show 1/2:

5. Draw a circle and divide it into 4 equal parts. Colour 3 parts to show 3/4:

6. Draw a square and divide it into 8 equal parts. Colour 5 parts to show 5/8:

🔢 Part 3: Fraction Sets

7. If you have 12 counters and divide them into 2 equal groups, how many counters are in each group?

8. What fraction represents one group from question 7?

9. If you have 16 beads and want to show 1/4 of them, how many beads would you need to count?

10. Draw 8 circles. Colour 3/8 of them:

📝 Part 4: Fill in the Blanks

11. Complete the sentences about fractions:

A fraction shows _______ parts of a _______. The bottom number is called the _____________ and shows how many equal parts the whole is divided into. The top number is called the _____________ and shows how many parts we are talking about.

12. Look at the fraction 3/4. Fill in the blanks:

The numerator is _____ and the denominator is _____. This means the whole is divided into _____ equal parts and we are talking about _____ of those parts.

13. Which of these fractions are equivalent to 1/2? Check all that apply:

2/4

3/6

1/4

4/8

5/10