This document serves as a guide for teaching sixth-grade students about fractions, emphasizing their practical applications in everyday life such as cooking and budgeting. It explains key concepts such as numerators and denominators, ordering of fractions, equivalent fractions, and mixed numbers, while encouraging practice and problem-solving strategies. Various illustrations and examples are provided to enhance understanding and engagement with the topic.

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3. • Fractions can and will help you in real life. In order to figure out
how to make only part of a recipe because you do not want to
feed ten people, but only five, fractions will be very helpful.
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You can use fractions to divide cake, or candy, and you will
need fractions to help figure out percents.
•
Fractions are useful when you buy paint to make your house
look nice and for figuring how much interest you will pay to the
bank when you take a loan.
•
If u want to buy something so if it is not in ur budget u will buy
it in installments so u can also count the money in fractions also.

4. The parts representing out of a whole.
Here u can see 1 pizza
I t is divided into 6 equal parts
Now u have eaten a slice so, u
have eaten 1 part from a whole
means from 6 parts =
Fraction of eaten parts

5. The parts representing out of a whole.
Here u can see 1 chocolate
I t is divided into 5 equal parts
Now u have eaten a piece so, u
have eaten 1 part from a whole
means from 5 parts =
Fraction of eaten parts

6. 2
4
The number in the NORTH is the
Numerator!
The number that is DOWN is the
Denominator!

7. 2 is Green
4 This is 1 whole
It is divided into 4 equal parts
We shade its 2 parts green

8. Part of a set
3 of the set are Apples
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2 of the set are Strawberries
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9. Naming Parts of a Whole
Thirds Fourths
Tenths

10. Naming Fractional Parts
The flag of Nigeria has 3 equal parts.
What fraction of the flag is green ?
Numerator
Denominator
Ans. Two Thirds of the flag is Green

11. Ordering Fractions
• You will be asked to order fractions from
Greatest to Least (Descending order) and
from Least to Greatest (Ascending order)
Ascending 10
Order
2
4
6
8
10 Descending
4
6
8
Order
2

12. Ordering Fractions with
Drawing A Picture
1 1 1
3 6 9
Least to greatest:
1 1 1
9 6 3

13. Equivalent Fractions
• EQUivALent means EQUAL!
E.g. 2/4 is also equal to ½ (that means
half of an object)
We take a
whole
2/4 ½
We divide it into 4 equal
parts
We divide it into 2 equal
parts

14. Cross Multiplication
• To find equivalent fractions…
Use bottoms up!
24 3 4 24
=
6 8
24 = 24

15. Mixed Numbers
• A mixed number is a whole number and a
fraction combined
There are 3 whole apples and half apple so , it
will be written as

16. Mixed Numbers
• Count the WHOLEs first
• Then find the FRACTIONal part

17. Finding Parts of a Set
When a picture is not given, you have two choices:
1. Draw a picture and solve!
2. Do the math!
Sol. 64
1
= 64 =

18. Comparing Fractions…
Use Bottoms Up!
2 1
6 8
16 > 6
Cross multiplication
method
Two-sixths is greater than one-eighth
Two-sixths is greater than one-eighth

19. Fraction Problem Solving
• USE YOUR STRATEGIES!!! Do not try to
work out the problems in your head !!!
• Review all of the tricks and hints in this
slideshow!
• Review your notes from class!
PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE!

20. Fraction Problem Solving
YOU’VE LEARNT FRACTIONS
So keep practicing !!!!

21. Time for Practice

22. What fraction of the balls are blue?
3
4

23. What fraction of the balls are
1
4
orange?

24. What fraction of the balls are blue?
5
6

25. What fraction of the balls are
4
6
orange?

26. What fraction of the rectangle is
orange?
4
6

27. What fraction of the rectangle is
3
6
blue?

28. What fraction of the pie is green?
4
4

29. Find the denominators of these
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1
1
1
fractions

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