Fractions & Decimals

•One third of a class order lunches from the tuckshop each day.

How many students might be in the class and how many of them order lunches each day?

Open-ended Maths Activities by Peter Sullivan & Pat Lilburn

•How many different ways can you show 2/3 ?

Open-ended Maths Activities by Peter Sullivan & Pat Lilburn

• If an A4 sheet is one quarter of a larger shape, what might the larger shape look like?

Teaching and Assessing Maths through Open-ended Activities by Pat Lilburn and Irene Sawczak

•A decimal number has been rounded off to 6.

What might the number be?

Open-ended Maths Activities by Peter Sullivan & Pat Lilburn

•My big sister says that the 100m record at her school is between 12 and 13 seconds.

What might the record be?

Open-ended Maths Activities by Peter Sullivan & Pat Lilburn

•George said that 4.25 was larger than 4.5 because there were three digits in 4.25 and only two in 4.5

Do you agree?If not, write some decimal numbers that are larger than 4.5

Teaching and Assessing Maths through Open-ended Activities by Pat Lilburn and Irene Sawczak