Fractions & Decimals

The task for maths was about fractions and decimals. Fractions are equal parts cut from a whole object. Decimals are numbers that are less than 1 (>1). Both decimals and fractions are less than one whole object, unless they are added to make a whole.

First, we looked at how money can be split in quarters. For example: if you and three other people want to split one dollar, you would each get $0.25 (25c). This is because 1 ÷ 4 = 0.25.

After that, we completed a fraction activity. The fractions were in fifths. We wrote down the fraction represental up to 6. Then we wrote down the equivalent fraction with the denominator as 100. For the last part of this activity, we wrote down the decimal representation.

We did that activity for the fractions, fifths, thirds and eigths. For fifths the equivalent fraction with the denominator as 100 is 20. This is because 100 ÷ 5 = 20. For thirds the equivalent fraction with the denominator as 100 is 33.33333333 but we rounded it to 33. For eights, the equivalent fraction with the denominator as 100 is 12.5. This is because 100 ÷ 8 = 12.5.

LI: To investigate fractions.