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Dive Into A New World!. Learning With Fractions. What is Math?. Math can be considered as lots of things, but for now we are going to focus on fractions. What is a fraction? Have you seen fractions anywhere outside of school? Can someone give me an example of a fraction?. Fractions?.
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Dive Into A New World! Learning With Fractions
What is Math? • Math can be considered as lots of things, but for now we are going to focus on fractions. • What is a fraction? • Have you seen fractions anywhere outside of school? • Can someone give me an example of a fraction?
Fractions? • Whether you may have seen fractions before or this is completely new to you, we are going to look at what a fraction is and do some practice with fractions so that you can be very sure you know what a fraction is.
What Is A Fraction? • That’s what a fraction is: Parts of a whole. • How do you write a fraction? Part of the whole The whole • The “part of the whole” can also be known as the numerator when you are writing fractions. And “the whole” itself, that’s the denominator.
What Is A Fraction? 1 Numerator 2 Denominator
What Is A Fraction? • What is a Denominator?What is a Numerator? • A Denominator is another name for the whole. • The Numerator is the part of the whole that has been cut.
What Is A Whole? A whole is something that is complete. This is a whole circle because it is completely shaded in.
What Is A Whole? But a whole can be split into different parts to make parts of a whole.
Different Parts of A Whole: 2 Parts of A Whole 4 Parts of A Whole
Fraction Pies 1 6 There is 1 pink box out of 6 whole boxes. So, the fraction for this pie is 1/6.
Fraction Pies 6 Whole: _______ Pieces Taken Away: _______ 1 2 1 6 3 5 4 There are 6 pieces of pie. You eat 1 piece. How many pieces of the whole pie have been taken away? 1 6
Fraction Pies What’s the Fraction? Whole: ______ Pieces Taken Away: _____ Fraction: _____ Green 1 2
Fraction Pies 1 2 The fractions is _______. There are 2 wholes with 1 pieces taken away. Therefore, ½ of the pie has been taken away.
Fraction Pies Whole: ______ Pieces Taken: Purple Fraction: ______ 2 3 1 4 8 5 7 6
Fraction Pies The Fraction is 3/8. There are 8 wholes and 3 pieces have been taken away. Therefore, 3/8 of the pie has been taken away.
Fraction Pies If 3/8 of a pie has been eaten, then how much of that pie is left? 8 - 3 = 5 Pieces left The Whole 5/8 of pie is left. Pieces eaten
Your Turn • Now, make your own fraction pie. • Draw a pie and cut it into different pieces. Then shade in how many pieces you will give your friends. • Then, write down the whole, the pieces given away, the fraction given away, and the fraction that is left.