Step-by-step practice Maths textbook

Chapter 8: Halves and quarters

  • Strand Fractions
  • Level Level 3
  • Practice 105 questions with step-by-step solutions

Step-by-step practice: maths (Level 3). Small steps, repeated until fluent. Content: Recognise, find, name and write 1/2 and 1/4 of a shape, a length, a set of objects or a quantity, Write simple fractions, for example 1/2 of 8 = 4, and 1/4 of 12 = 3, Recognise that 2/4 and 1/2 are equivalent, and that 3/4 is three of four equal parts, Recognise unit fractions, and find 3/4 of an amount by finding 1/4 and taking three.

Open Level 3 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • Recognise a half and a quarter of a shape
  • Find a half and a quarter of a number or set
  • Write 1/2, 1/4 and 3/4
  • Say that 2/4 and 1/2 are the same
  • Recognise unit fractions

You should already know

  • Sharing equally (Do you remember?)
  • Multiplication and division facts (chapter 7)

Where this leads

  • Measuring length and mass (chapter 9)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 8.1 Halves of shapes and amounts
  2. 8.2 Quarters of shapes and amounts
  3. 8.3 Three quarters, and 3/4 of an amount
  4. 8.4 Fractions that are the same
  5. 8.5 Unit fractions
  6. Summary and key words
  7. Check-up and practice test questions

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