These exercises and activities are for students to use independently of the teacher to practice number properties.
Using multiplication facts to find a simple fraction of an amount
Proportions and Ratios, AA (Stage 6)
Practice exercises with answers (PDF or Word)
Homework with answers (PDF or Word)
Prior knowledge.
- Find a simple fraction of an amount using addition facts
Background
Remember that students who have not reached stage 6 in the "basic facts" domain have not learned all of their basic multiplication facts, so a multiplicative strategy based purely on the numbers may not work for all students. Keeping to simpler numbers has been attempted in the activities for this reason.
Comments on the Exercises
Birthday Cakes 1
Asks students to use multiplication basic facts to find fractions of a set. For example, how many candles on each piece of cake if there are 6 pieces and 30 candles. Asks students to find unit fractions, for example 1/3 of 24 =.
Birthday Cakes 2
Asks students to practice activities parallel to Birthday Cakes 1.