Fractions

Curriculum details

Strand

Number (Strand 1)

Sub-strand

Fractions (1.3)

Content standard

B4.1.3.2 - Demonstrate an understanding of strategies for comparing, adding and subtracting fractions (same denominator, or one being a multiple of the others)

Indicator

B4.1.3.2.3 - Provide examples of where fractions are used

Suggested placement

Term 2, Week 3 (Week 15 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

The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

• exemplars - p.24

Curriculum reference

Mathematics Curriculum for Primary Schools (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 24

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

E.g. 1. Discuss the contexts below in which fractions are used in real life and provide materials for pupils to act them out
- Selling liquids - oil, kerosene, drinks, etc.
- Sharing pizza or birthday cake - half, quarter, eighths, etc.
- Buying objects in packets - egg, drinks, (half crate),
- Buying cloth for sewing dresses - half, one-fourths or quarter, etc.

E.g. 2. Tell the time by half/quarter past, and half/quarter to. Draw clock-faces with times (i.e. half/quarter past or to) for pupils to read the time
E.g. 3. Drawing circle graphs that represent halves, fourths and eighths. The graph shows the ages of pupils in Primary 4. If there are 40 pupils in the class, ask questions for pupils to interpret the graph

 The document skips indicator B4.1.3.2.2: content standard B4.1.3.2 runs B4.1.3.2.1 (printed p.23) then B4.1.3.2.3 (printed p.24).