Mrs Fletcher's bag 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about finding the fractions of sets. Mrs Fletcher went to the school fair. Put the things Mrs Fletcher bought at the school fair onto her bag. Question Change answer a) At the cake stall there were 6 cupcakes. She bought \(1 \over 2\) of them. Put \(1 \over 2\) of the fruit cakes into Mrs Fletcher's bag. a) At the cake stall there were 6 cupcakes. She bought \(1 \over 2\) of them. Put \(1 \over 2\) of the fruit cakes into Mrs Fletcher's bag. Question Change answer b) At the soft toy stall, there were 8 rag dolls. She bought \(1 \over 4\) of them. Put \(1 \over 4\) of the rag dolls into Mrs Fletcher's bag. b) At the soft toy stall, there were 8 rag dolls. She bought \(1 \over 4\) of them. Put \(1 \over 4\) of the rag dolls into Mrs Fletcher's bag. Question Change answer c) At the jam stall there were 12 jars of strawberry jam. She bought \(1 \over 3\) of them. Put \(1 \over 3\) of the jars into Mrs Fletcher's bag. c) At the jam stall there were 12 jars of strawberry jam. She bought \(1 \over 3\) of them. Put \(1 \over 3\) of the jars into Mrs Fletcher's bag. Question Change answer d) At the sweet stall there were 15 lollipops. She bought \(1 \over 5\) of them. Put \(1 \over 5\) of the lollipops into Mrs Fletcher's bag. d) At the sweet stall there were 15 lollipops. She bought \(1 \over 5\) of them. Put \(1 \over 5\) of the lollipops into Mrs Fletcher's bag. Task administration: This task can be completed online only and has auto marking displayed to students. Level: 2 Curriculum info: Maths, Number and Algebra, Number Strategies Keywords: fractions, fractions as operators, sets Description of task: In this practical task students put fractions of different items bought at a school fair onto a shopping bag. Answers/responses: Question Correct answer a) 1/2 of the 6 cupcakes 3 b) 1/4 of the 8 rag dolls 2 c) 1/3 of the 12 jars of jam 4 d) 1/5 of the 15 lollipops 3 Tidying Up and Tidying Up II are similar resources at level 2. Fraction Soup, Toy Holiday, Food for the Day, Hungry Shark, Cookie Monster and Fruit Salad are similar resources at level 3. For further information about fractions see the Fractional Thinking Concept Map: part-whole fractions. For other ARB resources about fractions, click on the link or use the keyword Fractions. Food fractions II Tidying up Fractions and sets Sharing fractions Tidying Up II
