Fractions are fun!

Check out the fun we had yesterday with lego and various bits of equipment. There were four stations around the class with a range of challenges for each group to tackle...

Show a half and a quarter in these two boxes. How could you check to see if you're accurate? The children started using a ruler, their eyes and some even thought to count them all out then halve and quarter them. 

A group working out how many lego lights would be shared evenly into each part of the base. There are 5 parts to the base, what fraction is each one?

This piece had 25 lights, then they had 20 and 30. Can you share the lights evenly by skip-counting?

This piece was divided into quarters. How can you share 10 pieces by skip counting? How can you share 16, 20 and 32? How many pieces are in one quarter? How many in 3/4's?

Finished...next challenge!

Eden and Sienna worked well together making sure they were accurately skip counting in 5's.