Fractions - Order Fractions (More Than One) - Presentation

In a comprehensive set of teaching slides focused on fractions, Year 6 students delve into the concepts of comparing and ordering fractions greater than one. The lesson begins with a recap on how to compare fractions and transitions into the techniques for ordering them, posing an important question about the necessity of finding a common denominator. The slides provide a variety of activities that encourage students to use bar models as visual aids to compare fractions. For instance, students are tasked with comparing fractions such as 6/5 and 9/7, using the bar model to visually represent and determine which is greater. This visual approach helps to solidify their understanding of the relative sizes of different fractions.

As the lesson progresses, students are guided through ordering fractions by finding common denominators. They are presented with sets of fractions that they must arrange from greatest to smallest, such as 7/3, 10/9, and 7/6, converting them to a common denominator to facilitate accurate comparison. Additionally, the lesson includes reasoning exercises where students apply their knowledge to real-world scenarios, such as determining who ate more pie between two individuals with pies cut into different numbers of pieces. The slides also challenge students with problems that require finding missing digits in a sequence of fractions, further enhancing their critical thinking and understanding of fraction order. The lesson culminates with a discussion on the efficiency of comparing fractions using numerators versus denominators and the predictive ability regarding the size of fractions.