Fractions

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Fractions

• English for teachers

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Fractions
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Fractions
one half a third, two thirds three quarters
a sixths, five sixths an eigth
Half Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth
Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth
Fifteenth
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The Birthday

• Prepare three cakes
• Divide the first one into quarters.
• This is a vanilla cake
• Divide the second one into sixths.
• This is a strawberry cake
• Divide the third one into eighths.
• This is a chocolate cake

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Anns birthday

• Write the names of the family members in the
  section/s of the cake
• Listen to the text to learn who ate what!

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Anns birthday

• Anns father has eaten a quarter of the vanilla
  cake. Her mother loves chocolate so she has eaten
  an eighth of the chocolate cake. Anns sister,
  who likes fruit, has eaten a sixth of the
  strawberry cake. Anns brother loves cake hes
  eaten a quarter of the chocolate cake and a sixth
  of the strawberry cake. Then grandfather has
  eaten a quarter of the vanilla cake and
  grandmother an eighth of the chocolate cake.
  Anns uncle has eaten an eighth of the chocolate
  cake and a sixth of the strawberry one. Her aunt
  has only eaten an eighth of the chocolate cake.

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Anns birthday

• The question is
• HOW MANY SECTIONS OF EACH CAKE ARE LEFT?

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A meal to share
How much would you like to eat? Mark it on your
drawing Id like to have Tell your partner,
negotiate the quantity and calculate how much
food is left