Year 4

Calculating unit fractions of quantities

Year 4

Calculating unit fractions of quantities

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will solve word problems which require us to find unit fractions of quantities.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Calculate:
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One and two thirds
One third
One whole
Correct answer: Two thirds
Q2.
Calculate:
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One and three quarters
One quarter
Two
Correct answer: Two quarters
Q3.
Calculate:
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Five sixths
One and one sixth
Correct answer: One and two sixths
Two sixths
Q4.
Calculate:
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One and one ninth
Correct answer: One and six ninths
Seven ninths
Six ninths
Q5.
Calculate:
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Four twelfths
Correct answer: One and four twelfths
One and three twelfths
Ten twelfths

5 Questions

Q1.
A scooter costs £42. Isla has one seventh of the price left to save. How much more money does she have to save?
£10
Correct answer: £6
£7
£8
Q2.
Reena is completing a 30 kilometre run. So far she has run one sixth of the distance. How far has she run?
3km
4km
Correct answer: 5km
6km
Q3.
A newsagent receives an order of 85 newspapers a day. At 13:00 they have sold one fifth of the newspapers. How many have been sold?
15
16
Correct answer: 17
18
Q4.
Billy has 128 football cards. He gives away one eighth of them. How many did he give away?
12
Correct answer: 16
20
24
Q5.
A car costs £2400, however after 2 months the price is discounted by one sixth. How much is the discount on the car?
£40
Correct answer: £400
£60
£600