“One of the big difficulties that my students were facing with proportions and ratios was.....”
Finding fractions of a set can prove challenging for many students. The concept of equal shares is best developed when a real life sharing problem provides motivation for ensuring that there is fairness.
Domain: Proportions and ratios
Transition: 2 → 4
Barrier: Unable to identify fractions of a region or of a set.
Other resources:
Numeracy activities:
Figure It Out:
- Tummyache (N2.2, p20)
- Finding Fractions (N2.2, p24)
BSM
- 12.3.7
- 12.3.51
- 12.3.83 (NB supporting card resource)