Week 07 · Fractions are numbers
Number Hunt
Number Hunt
// Unit fractions, a/b and the number line
⏱ about 15 min
Saturday: Number Hunt
Riley and Bennie set off on a fraction hunt.
"Let us look for things cut into equal parts," says Riley.
Bennie spots a window with 4 equal panes.
"One pane is 1/4 of the window," he says.
Riley finds a tray with 6 equal cups. "Each cup is 1/6 of the tray!"
Hunt for equal parts
Look around your home or yard with a grown-up.
Find things split into equal parts.
Name one part with a unit fraction.
Try it: Number Hunt
Find a window, a tray or a tile floor with equal parts.
Count the equal parts. That is the denominator.
Pick some parts and write the fraction.
Find something that is not split into equal parts.
Count the equal parts. That is the denominator.
Pick some parts and write the fraction.
Find something that is not split into equal parts.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
What fraction of the bar is shaded?
What fraction does the dot show?How many parts of size 1/8 make 3/8?
◇ FRACTION FOLDS
Each of you takes a paper strip.
A grown-up names a fraction, like 3/4 or 5/8.
You fold the strip into equal parts and color that fraction.
Switch jobs and do it again.
A grown-up names a fraction, like 3/4 or 5/8.
You fold the strip into equal parts and color that fraction.
Switch jobs and do it again.
Draw a thing you found with equal parts. Write a fraction for it.
For a grown-up
This week your child learned that 1/b is one of b equal parts.
They built fractions like 3/4 from parts of size 1/4.
They also placed fractions on a number line from 0.
Ask: what does the 4 in 3/4 tell you?
They built fractions like 3/4 from parts of size 1/4.
They also placed fractions on a number line from 0.
Ask: what does the 4 in 3/4 tell you?
Great hunting! Next week Donnie helps us compare fractions.