Fractions, decimals and percentages
Learning Intention:
Learning Intention:
Know the equivalent decimals and percentages form of everyday fractions
Know the equivalent decimals and percentages form of everyday fractions
Diagnostic:
Diagnostic:
Explanation:
Explanation:
Fractions, decimals, and percentages are different ways to communicate amounts that are between whole numbers
Fractions, decimals, and percentages are different ways to communicate amounts that are between whole numbers
They are equivalent:
They are equivalent:
Fractions are a way to 'see' parts of a whole number
Fractions are a way to 'see' parts of a whole number
Tasks:
Tasks:
“There was a pizza party at Elijah’s house. These bits of pizzas were left over: 1 1/4 vegetarian, 3/4 meat lovers, 1 3/4 pepperoni, 1/4 Hawaiian, and 2 1/4 seafood. Altogether, how much pizza was left over?”
“There was a pizza party at Elijah’s house. These bits of pizzas were left over: 1 1/4 vegetarian, 3/4 meat lovers, 1 3/4 pepperoni, 1/4 Hawaiian, and 2 1/4 seafood. Altogether, how much pizza was left over?”
In your exercise book, use different colour to represent the different pizza's. One whole pizza = four squares.
In your exercise book, use different colour to represent the different pizza's. One whole pizza = four squares.
Extension: If 20 pizzas were originally ordered, what % were left over?
Extension: If 20 pizzas were originally ordered, what % were left over?
Activities
Activities
26-Color Pixel Art Template - Google Sheets link. This spreadsheet has a number of activities to make pixel art, then work out fractions of colours in that artwork.
26-Color Pixel Art Template - Google Sheets link. This spreadsheet has a number of activities to make pixel art, then work out fractions of colours in that artwork.
Google Digital Skills lesson on Fractions in Sheets: You input a favourite recipe and use a conversion factor to scale up or down the quanity.
Google Digital Skills lesson on Fractions in Sheets: You input a favourite recipe and use a conversion factor to scale up or down the quanity.