Showing posts with label Fractions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fractions. Show all posts

Monday, March 21, 2011

Fractions Activities

TERM 1: HAVE FUN LEARNING ALL ABOUT FRACTIONS!



LESSONS

MENDEL'S MAGIC MATH MARKET

Learn about fractions at this fun fruit and vegetable market!



WHAT FRACTION?

What fraction of the balls are blue?







13 WAYS TO MAKE A HALF

Read along and see that there are many ways to make a half!







BUILD A FRACTION WALL

Build your own fraction wall and much, much more!



Activities include: 



  1. Equivalent fractions.
  2. Fraction line.
  3. Fractions to decimals.
  4. Fraction and decimal lines.
  5. Half or not?
  6. Half or quarter? 
  7. Comparison to a half.
  8. Simplest form.
  9. Improper and mixed numbers.






FRACTION STRIPS

A nice introduction to fractions.  Flip the strips on and off.  Compare them to others.  Have fun.







FRACTION DEMO

How do fractions fit together?  Have a play and find out!







FRACTION BARS

Now we're stepping it up!  Have a play with the numerators and denominators.  Watch how the bars change.







ADD AND SUBTRACT FRACTIONS

Learn to add and subtract fractions in this handy little lesson.







FRACTIONS OF SETS

Learn to find ½ of 12 etc.







PROPORTION GRIDS

Have fun comparing fractions, decimals and percentages with these fun interactive grids.







PRACTISE

FRACTIONS OF SHAPES

What fraction is shaded?







DESIGN A FLAG

Design a flag that is shaded ½ white and ½ green...







BINGO FRACTIONS!

Choose five fractions and cross them off as they pop up.  "BINGO!"







BINGO: FRACTIONS OF AMOUNTS

Choose five numbers and as your answers are revealed, cross them out.  "BINGO!"







Drag and drop the monkey to the correct place on the fraction line.



Create a fraction and click 'Check' to see if it is an equivalent fraction.






PIZZA FRACTIONS

If a whole pizza costs 60p (English money!), how much will half a pizza cost?







MATCH THE COUNTERS

Compare the fractions, decimals and percentages.  Which ones match.







THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE

Now we're getting serious.  Can you match these decimals, fractions and percentages?  How about solve the number problems?  Jump in and find out.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Maths Swap (Fractions)

TERM 1: HAVE FUN LEARNING ALL ABOUT FRACTIONS!

BASICS

Learn about fractions at this fun fruit and vegetable market!




KNOWLEDGE ACTIVITIES

Build your own fraction wall and much, much more!



A nice introduction to fractions.  Flip the strips on and off.  Compare them to others.  Have fun.



How do fractions fit together?  Have a play and find out!



Now we're stepping it up!  Have a play with the numerators and denominators.  Watch how the bars change.



CA - AC

  • Learn to read and write fractions.
  • Learn to find fractions of continuous models (length and shapes).
  • Learn to find fractions of discrete models (sets of objects).


Practise identifying and sorting halves and quarters.  



What fraction is shaded?



Design a flag that is shaded ½ white and ½ green...



Choose five fractions and cross them off as they pop up.  "BINGO!"



Learn to add and subtract fractions in this handy little lesson.




AC - EA


WHERE'S GRAMPY?
He's hiding behind that fractional hedge!



If a whole pizza costs 60p (English money!), how much will half a pizza cost?




What fraction of the balls are blue?



Choose five numbers and as your answers are revealed, cross them out.  "BINGO!"




COMPARISON TO A HALF
Start comparing fractions with fun activity.  



EQUIVALENT CIRCLES
Learn to compare fractions and find equivalents.



How much money can you make working in Tony's pizza shop?  You only have 4 minutes, now go for it!





Learn to find ½ of 12 etc.



EA - AA

SIMPLIFYING FRACTIONS
Check out this awesome tutorial on simplifying fractions.















AA - AM


Read along and see that there are many ways to make a half!



Have fun finding equivalent fractions!



Drag and drop the monkey to the correct place on the fraction line.



Create a fraction and click 'Check' to see if it is an equivalent fraction.



Have fun comparing fractions, decimals and percentages with these fun interactive grids.



Now we're getting serious.  Can you match these decimals, fractions and percentages?  How about solve the number problems?  Jump in and find out.



Compare the fractions, decimals and percentages.  Which ones match.



AM-AP





Learn to add and subtract fractions in this handy little lesson.




COOKIES FOR GRAMPY!
Build cookies for Grampy and make him a mildly happier man.