Numbers & Operations Place Value Worksheet - Grade 6 Page 15
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2016. Numbers & Operations
Fractions
Gr. 6
N-46a, N-47, N-48
Materials:
20 cm paper strips: pink, blue, yellow, green, white
metric ruler
scissors
glue stick
1 .
a)
Take one pink strip and fold it in half.
b )
Take a second pink strip and fold it in half two times.
c )
Take a third pink strip and fold it in half three times
d )
Take a blue strip and carefully fold it in three equal
pieces.
e )
Take a blue strip and carefully fold it in three equal
pieces and then in half.
f )
Take a yellow strip and fold it in half then use a ruler to
mark your strip at each 2cm interval. Fold on these
marks.
g )
Take second yellow strip and mark it at 4 cm intervals.
Fold.
h )
Take a green strip and leave it as is.
i )
Open your strips and place them on a piece of white
paper in order from the largest segments to smallest
segments being careful to line them up at the left. They
should also line up at the right because they are all the
same length. Glue them in place.
j)
Label the segments 1
1
1
2
3
etc.
1
2
4
4
4
2 .
Looking at your strips find at least 5 sets of equivalent
fractions. Record these on a sheet of looseleaf.
3 .
Explain how could you use this model to find the fraction that
is written in simplest form in each case.
When you have completed this station,
place your fraction strips sheet and answer sheet in your portfolio.
Label your portfolio entry.
Please tidy up the station.
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