Rich tasks for this chapter - page 151

• These are problem solving open-ended questions that require students to investigate fractions and ratios. The tasks can be given at the start of a topic and done as the students gain enough knowledge to complete them, inserted into a topic at an appropriate place, or given as homework, or extension.

1. What does the whole shape look like?
2. My fraction

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Equivalent fractions - page 152

• Understand what an equivalent fraction is.
• Recognise simple equivalent fractions.

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Dividing a whole number into parts - page 155

• Work out how many times a unit fraction goes into a whole number.

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Mixed fractions and improper fractions - page 157

• Write improper fractions as mixed fractions and vice versa using double number lines and other strategies.

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Adding & subtracting fractions with the same denominator - page 161

• Solve problems by adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator.

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Dividing – fraction answers - page 162

• Write the answers to division with remainder problems as mixed fractions and understand what the fractional part means in any given context.

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Solve problems using equivalent ratios - page 165

• Solve simple ratio problems by repeated copying, multiplicative thinking and using double number lines and tables.

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