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Strategy Book 3

The document provides examples and exercises to help students learn about fractions. It includes fraction charts to identify equivalent fractions and order fractions by size. Students are asked to identify the youngest of three children sharing candy bars, write the fractions as mixed numbers, and calculate the total number of candy bars. Later questions involve ordering fractions on a number line, identifying equivalent fractions using colored circles, and placing fractions in order from smallest to largest.

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Strategy Book 3

The document provides examples and exercises to help students learn about fractions. It includes fraction charts to identify equivalent fractions and order fractions by size. Students are asked to identify the youngest of three children sharing candy bars, write the fractions as mixed numbers, and calculate the total number of candy bars. Later questions involve ordering fractions on a number line, identifying equivalent fractions using colored circles, and placing fractions in order from smallest to largest.

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When you have finished the activities in this book you will be ready to solve this problem.

Julie, Hilton, and Ying were sharing a box of chocolate candy bars between them. They decided to share them so that the eldest got the most and the youngest got the least. It turned out that Julie had 19/3 bars, Hilton had 25/6 bars and Ying 19/2 bars.

1. Who is the youngest? ___________ 2. Write down how many bars each child received in mixed number form? Julie Hilton Ying : _________ : _________ : _________

3. How many chocolate bars were there in the box? _______

We are going to put fractions in order from smallest to largest.

FRACTION WALL
1 whole 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 3 1 6 1 12 1 5 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 12 1 12 1 6 1 12 1 5 1 10 1 10 1 12 1 6 1 12 1 5 1 10 1 10 1 12 1 8 1 8 1 4 1 8 1 3 1 6 1 12 1 12 1 5 1 10 1 10 1 6 1 12 1 12 1 5 1 10 1 8 1 4 1 8 1 8 1 3 1 6 1 12 1 2 1 4 1 8

Here, we have one whole unit (coloured yellow) and underneath it, parts of one whole. The parts are fractions. You can see their fraction names inside their parts. How many fourths in one whole? ______________ How many sixths in half a whole? ______________ How many different ways can you write 1/2 using the fractions in the chart? Write some of the ways. ___________________________ Find two other ways of writing 3/4. ______________ Find two other ways of writing 4/8. ______________ Name another fraction which is the same as 3/5.
____________________

Here we have two whole units (coloured red) and underneath them, parts of the two units. The parts are fractions. Use this chart to help you answer the questions How many thirds in 11/3 ? _________

ONE
1 1 1 1 1 1

TWO
1

/2
1 1 1

/2
1

1 1 1 1 1 1

/2
1 1 1

/2
1

Write another name for 12/8. ________ /3


1

/3 /4

/3
1

/3
1

/3 /4

/3
1

/4 /5

/4
1

/4
1

/4 /5

/4
1

/4
1

In the box below write down six ways of showing 11/2 in the form:
numerator denominator.

/5
1 1

1 1

/5
1 1

/5
1

/5
1

/5
1 1

1 1

/5
1 1

/5
1

/5
1

/6 /8

/6
1

/6
1

/6
1

/6
1

/6
1

/6 /8

/6
1

/6
1

/6
1

/6
1

/6
1

/8

/8

/8

/8

/8

/8

/8

/8

/8

/8

/8

/8

/8

/8

Notice that the numerators (tops) of the fractions in the box are bigger than the denominators (bottoms). This is because the fractions are greater than one. We call these fractions improper fractions. When these fractions are written as: 11/2 or 12/3 we call them mixed numbers because they have a whole number part and a fraction part. Write these improper fractions as mixed numbers:

12 8

9 4

23 12

17 10

9 5

14 8

11 8

11 6

We can show fractions on number lines. Here are some fractions. Place them on one of the number lines shown here.
3 6 2 7 1 4 2 1 3 8 5 5 3 6 14 6 1 , , , 2 , 1 , , , 2 , 1 , , , 1 , 1 , , , 1 4 5 3 8 6 5 3 4 9 10 5 8 10 6 12 12

EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS

1. Colour of the circle red. 2. Colour of the circle blue. 3. Colour of the circle yellow. 4. How many quarters are equal to a half?

1. Colour half of the circle blue.

2. Colour 1/4 of the circle green.

3. Colour 2/8 of the circle yellow.

4. How many eighths are equal to a quarter?

5. Split your green-coloured quarter into two eighths by drawing a line. Now count all of the eighths.

6. How many eighths are equal to 1/2?

Place these numbers in order from smallest to largest. 2/3, 3/4, 2/5, 1/2, 6/9, 7/16

_________________________

Place these numbers in order from smallest to largest. 2/3, 1 1/4, 1 3/9, 18/10, 5/5, 1 5/8, 1 3/5, 4/3, 14/12

______________________________________________

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