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Fracture

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COMBINED RATING

4.1 Stars

TEACHERS (18)

4.1

STUDENTS (3342)

4.2

LENGTH

15 Minutes

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Description

Let's brew potions! Forage for mushrooms and flowers, then cut them into perfect fraction pieces, then sell potions to a colorful cast of customers!

Vocabulary Words

fraction

equivalent fractions

equivalence

numerator

denominator

quarters

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Understand Fractions As Part Of A Whole. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

Unit fractions are to be understood to be the basic building block of all fractions.

Move from understanding of “equal parts” to “parts with equal measurements”.

Starts with unit fractions or fractions with a numerator of 1, which are formed by partitioning a whole into equal parts and taking one part. e.g. If a whole is partitioned into 3 equal parts then each part is 1/3.

Numerator denotes the number of parts of the whole that are indicated, found on top of the fraction bar in a fraction.

Denominator denotes the size of the parts when a Whole is split into equal parts, found under the fraction bar in a fraction.

Must specify the Whole when asking for a numerical interpretation of a model. A model split into 2 equal parts with a shaded portion can be misinterpreted if the whole is not specified.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What do the numerator and denominator represent? Can the two halves of a whole be unequal and still be a fraction? Can you count by fourths? Can you count by eighths? What does one half look like as a fraction? If the pizza was cut into 8 slices, how many slices would you need to eat to eat half the pizza?

After the Game

What is a fraction that is equal to one half? What is the numerator and denominator in the fraction three eighths? What is the denominator of the fraction three-quarters?