Fun fractions By Bobby Burr
Fractions are parts of a hole
What fraction of the circle is shaded in?
1/8
Example 1: Fractions are very important because people use them every day. I use them when I count pages in a book and figure out how many pages I need to read a night to finish the book. Example 2: I also use them when I am buy an object at a store. I use fractions that way because if I have $1.00 and the object costs $ 0.50 cents I will have 1/2 of my money left Example 3: I sometimes use fractions when we order pizza. I use fractions when I order pizza so everyone gets an equal amount of pizza.
Fractions are easier I think fractions are usually easier for kids to learn because if you need to find out how much a fraction is worth the answer is in the fraction. For instance if you wanted to eat 3/4 of a cake all you need to do is split the cake into 4 pieces and then eat 3 pieces and you have at 3/4 of the cake. With other things it's not as easy because the answer is not in the problem.
Fractions Booklet EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS The first thing that we will study is how to make an equivalent fraction. All you need to do is times the denominator and the numerator by the Same number. For instance for 1/2 all you need to do is do 2 times 2 and 1 times 2 and the equivalent fraction would be 2/4.
IMPROPER FRACTION An improper fraction is a fraction that the numerator is greater than the denominator, so the fraction will be 1 whole or more. An example small is 6/3. Mixed Numbers A mixed number is a number that has a fraction next to it. An example is 4 2/3.
Fractions are Awesome
Fractions Booklet Continued Adding fractions Adding fractions is one the hardest parts of the fractions unit. For adding fractions all you need to do is line up the the fractions like shown below and then you just need to add. 3/4 2/4 ---- 5/4=1 1/4 All I did there was I only added the numerators NOT THE DENOMINATORS and then I made the answer a mixed number
Survey 1.Baseball 2.Basketball 3.Tennis 4.Football 5.Soccer 6.Hockey
What fraction of the people chose soccer?
What fraction of the people chose baseball?
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SURVEY What surprised me the most about the survey was that soccer had the most votes. I did not agree with the survey because I like baseball the best. I did not have any problems creating the graph or translating the info into fractions. Conversations such as these are helpful because it helps you understand the surfer a lot better.
Reflection This book helped me learn a lot more about fractions because teaching fractions helps me understand them more as I go along. The most challenging thing about fractions is probably using models to represent a specific fraction. Before doing this portfolio I really did not understand how to divide fractions now I understand it a lot more than I did before. I will use my knowledge to others by teaching.