1. A Fraction of Information by Mrs.Southall

2. What is a Fraction? A fraction names a piece of a single thing A fraction names a part of a group of things

3. Where do we use Fraction? School home

4. Fractions at School! Mrs. Southall have 4 pencils. 3 are sharpened. What fraction of the pencil are not sharpened?

5. Fractions at Home! You need to bake 4 dozen cookies for your team’s bake sell. You need 1/4 cup of sugar to make one dozen of cookies. How much sugar is needed to make 48 cookies?

6. Fractions Figures! rectangle and Circles 1/4

7. Factual Facts! The top number is called the numerator. The bottom number is called the denominator. Equivalent fractions are fractions that name the same amount. I can use fractions to divide a candy bar equally with my friends. Fractions are really fun when you understand what they represent. 2/4 1/4 3/44/4

8. Familiarity with Fractions What is a fraction? How do we use them? What shapes can be used to represent fractions? What is an equivalent fraction? ARE FRACTIONS FUN?

9. Work cited California Department of Education http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/mthgrade3.asp State Content Standards for Mathematics 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. http://www.goggle.com http://www.yahooligans.com

10. The answer is… 1 pencil is not sharpen. SOOOOOO, the fraction is ¼ of the pencils are not sharpen.

11. The answer is… 1/4+1/4 +1/4 +1/4 =4/4 = 1 whole cup 2/4 3/4 4/4