Tuesday, 21 June 2016

Math Evidence



Walt : find fractions of sets by using multiplication and division eg. ⅓ of 21 is 7

Success Criteria
  • I was able to use my knowledge of division facts to help me solve fractions of sets.
  • I understood that I needed to divide the amount in the set by the denominator eg. 21 divided by 7 is 3.
I understood that I needed to find out what the fraction of a set was for a unit fractions was before I could find out what the fraction of a set when the numerator was more than 1.

Question:
John Cena owns 25 Xbox One games. He shares them with his two friends. He take 1/5 of them, Papa takes 2/5 of the 25 Xbox One games. What fraction does June get? How many do they get each?

Reflection-- i found writing the question challenging

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well done Tarquin you were able to identify fraction a set and it is good that you always asked lots of questions where you are unsure.