Fractions - Fraction of an amount - Worksheet

The provided worksheet is aimed at teaching Year 6 students how to calculate a fraction of an amount. The National Curriculum objective for this lesson is to divide proper fractions by whole numbers. To facilitate learning, differentiated sheets and teaching slides are used as resources. The key vocabulary introduced includes terms such as fractions, numerator, denominator, division, multiple, integer, patterns, convert, and improper fraction. In the lesson, children learn that the denominator represents the number of parts the whole amount is divided into, while the numerator signifies the number of those parts they need to consider. Bar models are encouraged as a visual aid to help students divide by the denominator and multiply by the numerator to determine fractions of amounts.

Students are challenged with questions that require reasoning and problem-solving skills. They are asked to identify the value of the whole, the number of equal parts, the value of each part, and to predict patterns in the calculations. For example, they might calculate the remaining amount of potatoes a cook has after using a certain fraction, or the number of tickets left after a football team gives away a fraction to a local school. The worksheet provides a variety of scenarios and questions, including bar model representations, to support the students in visualizing the problems and to aid their understanding of fractions in real-world contexts.