B4 Mathematics · Term 1, Week 12

Fractions

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Curriculum details

Strand
Number (Strand 1)
Sub-strand
Fractions (1.3)
Content standard
B4.1.3.1 - Develop an understanding of equivalent and improper fractions
Indicator
B4.1.3.1.1 - Generate unit fractions and locate a unit fraction, e.g. one-eighth, on a number line by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into 8 equal parts and that each part has size 1/8.
Suggested placement
Term 1, Week 12 (Week 12 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Source document note

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  • exemplars - p.19
Curriculum reference
Mathematics Curriculum for Primary Schools (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 19

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

E.g. 1. Use number line to locate one eight by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into 8 equal parts
Figure from the b4 mathematics curriculum, printed page 19
E.g. 2. Ask pupils to draw several lines, 30 units each, and mark the ends 0 and 1. For each line ask them to partition the interval from 0 to 1 into each of the following unit fractions 1/2, 1/3, 1/5, 1/6, and 1/10.
E.g. 3. Ask pupils to use the number chart they have drawn to read fractions that are equivalent e.g. 1/3 = 2/6 = 3/6 .
Figure from the b4 mathematics curriculum, printed page 19
 All the fractions here are set as stacked numerator over denominator and are written inline. E.g. 3 prints the chain as one-third = two-sixths = three-sixths, which is what the page shows.