Division of whole shapes and objects into parts

WEEK 3

Topic: Fractions

Subtitle: Division of  whole shapes and objects into parts

Objectives: At the end of this lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. state fraction of a group of concrete objects.

2. divide shapes into ½, 1/3, ¼ etc.

CONTENT

Meaning of fractions

A fraction is one or more parts of a whole, which is divided into a number of

equal parts. The upper number is the numerator and is part of the equally divided parts of a whole, the number own is the denominator and is equally divided parts of a whole.

⅟2means 1 part out of a whole, which is divided into 2 equal parts.

 ⅟4 means 1 part out of a whole,…