Common Fractions
This page contains activities to promote an understanding of common fractions and their use. If you have developed activities applying to this area you may like to share them with other mathematics teachers.

Fraction Problems
Filename: fractprb.doc (207 Kb)
Date: 7-Jun-98
Submitted By: Rex Boggs
Format: MS Word Document
Description: A nice little collection of non-standard problems on common fractions. These are from past Maths Teams Challenge competitions.


The Fraction Flowchart
Filename: jn_cf002.doc (57 Kb)
Date: 24-May-98
Submitted By: Jonathan Basden
Format: MS Word Document
Description: A flowchart for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing common fractions.





Fraction Problems
Filename: jn_cf001.doc (196 Kb)
Date: 24-May-98
Submitted By: Rex Boggs, Glenmore High School
Format: MS Word Document
Description: I looked through all of the year 7/8 Maths Teams Challenge questions and pulled out all of the questions involving common fractions. Some great questions here to challenge your students, from the budding genius to the mega-genius.

Dividing Fractions
Filename: doc1.rtf (3 Kb)
Date: 24-May-98
Submitted By: Brown Co. Internet Project
Format: Rich Text Format
Description: Two techniques for teaching division of fractions, with understanding