1. Year 5 Fractions Lesson 1 Mastery Specilaists Amy Stokell, Natalie Ruddell, Valda Varadinek-Skelton, Vicky Smith

2. Look at the calculations. What do you notice?
Which ones are hard to solve?
Why?
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3. We can only add together items that are the same type of unit.
This is difficult to answer accurately because they are different units.
We can only add together items that are the same type of unit.
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4. I can add fractions with the same denominator.
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5. John has of a bar of chocolate and Jane has of a bar of chocolate.
How much chocolate do they have altogether?
Use paper strips to find the solution. Can you explain what you have done? Can you show a calculation?
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6. + = 3 eighths + 6 eighths = 9 eighths
When the denominators are the same, we can add the numerators.
3 eighths eighths = 9 eighths + =
What do you notice about the numerator in the answer?
What do you notice about the denominator?
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7. True or False? Simon says that + = Is Simon correct? Why?
fifths + fifths = fifths
Simon has eight fifths in total.
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8. Calculate
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9. Application
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10. What’s the calculation?
Can you think of a number story to go with this calculation?
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11. What’s the calculation?
Can you think of a number story to go with this calculation? =
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12. What’s the calculation?
What fraction is the number line counting in?
How do you know?
What calculation is being shown?
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13. What’s the calculation?=
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14. + = How many different ways can you find to solve the calculation?
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15. I can subtract fractions with the same denominator.
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16. Can you use paper strips to solve the following calculation?=
Is there more than one way of solving this calculation using paper strips?
If you find one way, can you find another?
Can you draw a picture?
Can you explain how to do this?
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17. X X X - = Simon uses one paper strip. He shades and then crosses out
Method 1
Simon uses one paper strip.
He shades and then crosses out
His answer is X X X =
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18. Method 2
Sarah uses two paper strips. She shades on one strip. She shades on the other strip. She finds the difference between the two. Her answer is .
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19. - = and Find the difference between
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20. X X X X X X X X Subtract from - =
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21. Application - = - = - = What’s the same? What’s different?=
What’s the same?
What’s different? = =
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22. + = - = + = Match the calculation to the image. How do you know?= = =
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23. Amy Stokell, Natalie Ruddell, Valda Varadinek-Skelton, Vicky Smith