Fractions

Room 4 have been finding halves, quarters, thirds and fifths of groups and objects.
We have been using this knowledge to help us solve our daily problems.
The big word we need to remember is share.
The question we have to ask ourselves is how many groups do I need to share this number into.

If we had to find 1/2 of 36, we would need to share 36 into 2 groups . This would make 18 and we also know this because 18 and 18 is 36.

If we had to find 1/4 of 36 we would share 36 into 4 groups which would be 9 because 9 and 9 and 9 and 9 makes 36 and 4 x 9 makes 36.

Have a look at our problem solving...