Equivalent Fractions (I)


Ask children to find out equivalent fractions of 1, ½, ¼ ... by using a fraction table.

Finding equivalent fractions using a fraction table:

Give many copies of a fraction table, prepared using a fixed set of objects, to children.

To find out how 1/1 can be expressed differently, let them color the squares, suppose yellow, where the whole set of objects appear.

Suppose a child has a fraction table constructed using a set of 24 objects. Then s/he will color the first square in the line of the row "whole" (i.e., with the number 24) yellow. In the next row, "half", s/he will color the second square (having number 24) yellow. The method of expressing this observation in words or in the arithmetical language remains the same as shown above.

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