Finding A Fraction…..

The football players below make up a red and a blue team.How many are in each team ? How many players will be in each team ? 5 players in each team.

To find the number of players in each team we have to find of 10 To calculate ½ of 10 simply divide 10 by  2 = 5 Rule : To find a half of a number divide by 2.

If a of the shapes below into placed in each box, how many shapes go in each box? Use the colours to help you…. Box 1Box 2 Box 3

In the last question there were 12 circles and of the circles was 4 circles. To calculate a of a number we divide by  3 = 4 Rule: To find 1/3 of a number divide by three.

Equal numbers of the counters above have to be placed in 5 boxes. How many would go in each box ? There were 15 counters and 5 boxes. The problem was to calculate a of  5 = 3 There are three counters in each box.

Mix & Match. What do you have to divide by to find each of these fractions ? divide by 10 divide by 6 divide by 3 divide by 7

270 Fraction Calculations. Calculate : (1) of 20 people. 20  4 = 5 (2) of £72 72  9 = £8 (3) of 270 cars 270  6 = 45 (4) of 2700 children. School 2700  10 =

What Goes In The Box ? Calculate : (1) of 45 (2) of 88(3) of 196 (4) of 516 (5) of 741 (6) of