Monday, 1 August 2016

More fractions...

We are continuing to our work on fractions.

This week we learnt about eighths. Eighths are eight equal parts of a whole. Are these eighths? Let's see:
A whole
Two equal parts are halves.
Four equal parts are quarters.
Eight parts, but are they equal?

Yes, they are equal!
We had an investigation about how to divide a circle into eighths. We were allowed to draw on our tables! Which of these circles is divided correctly into eighths? How do you know?

These ones?
Or these ones?





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