Fractions - Making the whole - Worksheet

The "Making the Whole" worksheets are designed to enhance children's understanding of fractions, particularly focusing on the concept that a fraction is equivalent to a whole when its numerator and denominator are identical. By employing part-whole models, which they might have previously used with whole numbers, students learn to divide a whole into fractional parts. The worksheets provide a variety of activities, including filling in simple models to grasp the concept of a whole, completing fractions to find a whole, and solving multi-step questions that involve determining a whole from given fractions.

The exercises also incorporate reasoning and problem-solving elements, where students must answer questions that deepen their comprehension of fractions as parts of a whole. They are prompted to complete sentences that describe relationships between different parts, such as fractions of apples being red or green and combining to make a whole. Additionally, the worksheets include fluency and precision tasks where students are asked to use visual aids like coloured pencils and double-sided counters to represent and understand the parts that make up a whole. These activities are not only engaging but also reinforce the fundamental principle that when the numerator and denominator of a fraction are the same, they represent one whole unit.