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Chapter 7: Fractions of wholes and equivalent fractions

  • Strand Fractions
  • Level Level 4
  • Practice 105 questions with step-by-step solutions

Step-by-step practice: maths (Level 4). Small steps, repeated until fluent. Content: Recognise and show, using diagrams, a fraction with a small denominator (F1), Recognise, find and write fractions of a set of objects and of a quantity, unit and non-unit (F2), Recognise fractions as numbers on a number line (F3), Recognise and show equivalent fractions with small denominators, for example 1/2 = 2/4 = 4/8 (F4).

Open Level 4 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • Name and write a fraction from a picture of equal parts
  • Find a fraction of a set or an amount
  • Place a fraction on a 0 to 1 number line
  • Find an equivalent fraction by multiplying or dividing top and bottom

You should already know

  • Halves and quarters of shapes and amounts (Level 3, chapter 8)
  • Times tables and division (chapters 4 to 6)

Where this leads

  • Time to the minute (chapter 8)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 7.1 Fractions of a whole
  2. 7.2 Writing fractions from a picture or a description
  3. 7.3 Finding a fraction of a set or an amount
  4. 7.4 Equivalent fractions
  5. 7.5 Fractions on a 0 to 1 number line
  6. Summary and key words
  7. Check-up and practice test questions

Read the whole chapter on one page (good for printing).