FRACTIONS

CHAPTER NO.4

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• UNDERSTAND FRACTIONS

• TYPES OF FRACTIONS

• COMPARING FRACTIONS

• ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION OF FRACTIONS

• MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION OF FRACTIONS

WHAT WE LEARNT PRIOR TO THIS GRADE?

• SEND YOUR ANSWERS IN THE CHAT BOX 

• Identify this fraction: three eighth, seven tenth 

• What is one fourth of 16 ?

• Which is greater in 8/17 and 6/17?

• 1/5 + 4/5

• 7/9 - 4/9

What is fraction?

A fraction (from Latin fractus, "broken") represents a part of a whole or, more generally, any number of equal parts.

When spoken in everyday English, a fraction describes how many parts of a certain size there are, for example, one-half, eight-fifths, three-quarters.

• Like and unlike fractions

• Proper, improper and mixed fractions

• Equivalent fractions

Types of fractions

(a) What do you observe in the fraction 3/9 and 8/9?

(b) What do you observe in this fraction now 2/7 and 6/10?