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Week 07 · Fractions are numbers

Friday

Freddy's fraction game
// Unit fractions, a/b and the number line
⏱ about 15 min

Friday: Freddy's fraction game

Freddy the Frog sets lily pads in a row across the pond.

"Ribbit! The pads are equal steps from the bank to the rock," he says.

"Name the fraction for each pad I land on."

Riley holds up his lantern. "I will give hints, not answers."

Bennie smiles. "Count the equal jumps from 0."

Game 1: Name the shaded part

WHAT FRACTION IS SHADED?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
A bar cut into six equal parts, one shadedWhat fraction of the bar is shaded?
A bar cut into eight equal parts, seven shadedWhat fraction of the bar is shaded?
A bar cut into four equal parts, two shadedWhat fraction of the bar is shaded?
A circle cut into three equal parts, one shadedWhat fraction of the circle is shaded?

Game 2: Lily pad line

WHERE DID FREDDY LAND?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
A number line from 0 to 1 in sixths, with a dot at 4/6What fraction does the dot show?
A number line from 0 to 1 in thirds, with a dot at 1/3What fraction does the dot show?
A number line from 0 to 1 in eighths, with a dot at 7/8What fraction does the dot show?
A number line from 0 to 2 in halves, with a dot at 3/2What fraction does the dot show?

Game 3: Count the parts

HOW MANY PARTS?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
How many parts of size 1/6 make 4/6?
What fraction is 3 parts of size 1/8?
What is the denominator of 5/8?
Four friends share 1 pear equally. What fraction does each friend get?

Game 4: Earlier weeks

MIXED REVIEW
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
42 ÷ 7 = ?
9 × 6 = ?
Freddy has 3 rows of 8 pads, plus 4 more. How many pads?
Is 7 × 3 even or odd?
ORDER THE JUMPS
  • Count the jumps of 1/6 from 0.
  • Put the fractions in order, starting nearest 0.
11st
22nd
33rd
44th
SentenceTrue or false?
6/6 is one whole.?
3/8 is 8 parts of size 1/3.?
A unit fraction has 1 as its numerator.?
On a line in sixths, 4/6 is 4 jumps from 0.?
WHY THIS EXERCISE3/8 is 3 parts of size 1/8.
Try it
Put 4 pillows or towels in a row like lily pads.
Hop from the start to the end in 4 equal hops.
Say the fraction after each hop: 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4.

Ribbit! Tomorrow is a Number Hunt.

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