9YMa3 – Maths Room 1 - Tuesday June 14th – Work on Equivalent Fractions

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: To understand how to find equivalent fractions and how to cancel fractions to their simplest form

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to list equivalent fractions given any fraction and also be able to cancel down fractions to their simplest form.

STARTER Use this screen to put a list of fractions in order – get volunteers up from the class to put fractions into the correct order.

LESSON: Hand out the fractions worksheets and get students to complete them on the sheets – make sure they out their names on the sheets.

Start on the side with the diagrams first – encourage them to check answers with each other.

The fourth sheet – Changing fractions into Decimals is there just in case someone runs out of work.

PLENARY: Answers to Equivalent Fractions 1, Equivalent Fractions 3, Simplifying Fractions 1, Changing Fractions into decimals (and vice versa)