Year 3

To recognise, identify and describe unit fractions

Year 3

To recognise, identify and describe unit fractions

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will build on equal parts by looking at sharing amounts equally. We will name the fractions, and using our understanding of the numerator, the vinculum and the denominator we will write the fraction.

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3 Questions

Q1.
If I have 13 marbles, I cannot make 2 equal parts.
False
Correct answer: True
Q2.
If I make 3 equal parts with 15 bean bags, how many would be in each part?
10
3
Correct answer: 5
Q3.
I have a certain number of bean bags. When I make 4 equal groups, there are 4 in each part. When I make 2 equal groups, there are 8 in each part. What is my whole number of bean bags?
12
Correct answer: 16
20

3 Questions

Q1.
Which of these are NOT unit fractions?
1/2
1/7
Correct answer: 3/4
Q2.
The denominator shows us...
how many parts of the whole we have
Correct answer: the number of equal parts the whole is divided into
the number of unequal parts the whole is divided into
Q3.
The numerator is...
above the vinculum and tells us how many equal parts of the whole is divided into
Correct answer: always 1 in a unit fraction and tells us how many equal parts of the whole we have
below the vinculum and tells use how many equal parts the whole is divided into