Max Maths, Year 6, Work Book, Fractions in their simplest form

In the 'Max Maths, Year 6, Work Book', Practice 4 is dedicated to teaching students about simplifying fractions to their simplest form. This section begins with an exercise where students must complete statements by filling in the blanks with appropriate numbers to express the part-whole relationship using fractions. For example, they may be given the number of green balloons out of a total number of balloons and asked to express this as a fraction. Similar tasks are presented for different scenarios, such as the number of bees out of total insects, strawberries out of total fruits, green buttons out of total buttons, and white chocolates out of total chocolates. This exercise helps students understand how to represent quantities as fractions of a whole.

The workbook continues with a second exercise that focuses on reducing fractions to their lowest terms. Students are given a fraction representing a part of a whole, such as the number of squares out of total shapes or green circles out of total circles. They are then guided through the process of simplifying these fractions by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by the same number until the fraction is in its simplest form. This practice reinforces the concept of equivalence in fractions and teaches students how to identify and express fractions more succinctly. The exercise is designed to enhance their understanding of fractions and their ability to work with them in various mathematical contexts.