NUMERACY

FRACTIONS

We started this week with a fun task on fractions. We got a challenge to create a special recipe on either a pizza or a cake, using terms like “one-third, one-fourth, more, less, unlike, like” etc. We had to use different type of ingredients of our choice to make the food item and also mention the quantity of each ingredient. This was actually testing our prior knowledge on “Fractions”. The next day we were divided into two groups and were asked a set of questions on fractions. There were  basic questions like “What is a fraction” and “What is a like, unlike, proper, improper fraction” and “What are the main parts of a fraction” and many more. We got so engrossed in the discussion that we even lost track of scores. On the third day¸ after assessing our knowledge on this topic, our teachers explained us in detail the meaning and the use of fractions in our daily life. Such wide application of fractions really amazed us and we realized that even a slight error, in getting our fractions right, can mess up lot of things, even a taste of our food. We ended this fun week by understanding how to convert improper fractions to mixed numbers and mixed numbers to proper fractions. It was a very interesting week and we are looking forward for the coming Monday.
(Arnav Agarwal, 5X)


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