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Knowledge Group 5

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Planning notes

Level/Framework stage/Group: AM

Duration/Date: 2 weeks

Focus Achievement Objectives
NA3-5: Know fractions and percentages in everyday use.
NA4-2: Understand addition and subtraction of fractions, decimals, and integers.
NA4-3: Find fractions, decimals, and percentages of amounts expressed as whole numbers, simple fractions, and decimals.
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Little halves and Big Quarters

Level Four
Level Five
Number and Algebra
Numeracy activities

Find equivalent fractions and order fractions.

Order fractions, decimals and percentages.

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Factor Cards

Level Four
Number and Algebra
Numeracy activities
This activity provides students with a fun, game context in which to practice their factorisation skills. This activity builds the knowledge to help develop multiplicative strategies.

use their knowledge of basic facts to identify common factors of numbers to 100.

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Eights

Level Four
Number and Algebra
Problem solving activities
This problem solving activity has a number focus.
  • Multiply large numbers by 8.
  • Find and describe patterns in numbers.
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Tennis and golf players

Level Four
Number and Algebra
Problem solving activities
This problem solving activity has a number focus.
  • Find a percentage of a given quantity.
  • Perform calculations using basic percentages.
  • Find lowest common multiples (extension).
  • Use Venn diagrams to represent intersecting sets.
  • Devise and use problem solving strategies (draw a diagram).
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Free Cell

Level Four
Number and Algebra
Problem solving activities
This problem solving activity has a number focus.
  • Solve problems involving fractions and percentages.
  • Devise and use problem solving strategies (guess and check, be systematic, look for a pattern, make a table).
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Who Gets More?

Level Four
Level Five
Number and Algebra
Numeracy activities

Find equivalent fractions and order fractions.

Order fractions, decimals and percentages.

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Fraction Benchmarks

Level Three
Number and Algebra
Units of Work
In this unit students develop important reference points or benchmarks for zero, one half and one. They use these benchmarks to help compare the relative sizes of fractions, through estimating, ordering and placing fractions on a number line.
  • State which of two fractions is larger.
  • Explain why a fraction is close to 0, 1/2 or 1.
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