Sharing chocolate 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about sharing and fractions. Question 1Change answer At a party, 6 children shared 4 chocolate bars equally. Each bar could be divided into 3 pieces as shown. At a party, 6 children shared 4 chocolate bars equally. Each bar could be divided into 3 pieces as shown. a) How many pieces did each child get? b) What fraction of the total amount of chocolate did each child get? c) If there had been 4 children instead of 6, how many pieces would each child get? Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students). Level: 3 Curriculum info: Maths, Number and Algebra, Number Strategies Keywords: fractions, partitioning, equal sharing Description of task: Students answer questions by dividing a given amount of chocolate bars equally, and finding a fraction of the total amount. Curriculum Links: This resource can help to identify students' ability to apply partition sets and shapes into common fraction parts. Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Multiplicative thinking, sets 4-5 within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y7 (06/1996) a) 2 easy b) 2⁄12 or 1⁄6 difficult c) 3 easy Sharing Easter eggs Equal sharing III
