These exercises and activities are for students to use independently of the teacher to practice number properties.
- Convert fractions to decimals
- Convert fractions to equivalent fractions
Proportions and Ratios, AM (Stage 7)
- Practice exercises with answers (PDF or Word)
Prior knowledge.
- Find equivalent fractions
- Convert fractions to decimals and vice versa
Background
One interesting exercise here is to ask student to find the fraction that is exactly halfway between the two named fractions, and compare this to the original fractions.
Comments of the Exercises
Exercise 1
Asks students to find a fraction between two frctions by exploring two strategies. The first strategy involves converting the fractions to decimals. The second strategy is to convert the fractions to equivalent fraction with a common denominator.