Understanding Fractions for 6th Grade
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ScribdTranslationsUnderstanding Fractions for 6th Grade
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ScribdTranslationsObjective: Remember the content
learned from fractions:
• Identify types of fractions.
• Perform transformations of fractions.
Profesor: Hans Romero
Level: 6th grade
Subject: Mathematics
Content: Fractions
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What will you be capable of?
Mixed fractions or mixed numbers and how
transform the improper fraction and vice versa.
Fraction: It is the part of a whole,
which has been divided into equal portions
A fraction is expressed in the form:
Numerator: number of parts that have been considered of a whole.
Denominator: number of parts into which the whole has been divided.
Example:
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Classification of fractions:
Proper Fractions:
They are those less than the whole number.
The numerator is less than the denominator.
Equivalent fractions to one or whole:
They are fractions that represent an integer.
The numerator is equal to the denominator.
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Improper fractions:
They are those fractions greater than the whole.
The numerator is greater than the denominator.
Mixed Numbers.
They are those fractions that consist of a whole part
and a fractional part.
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Transform
Improper fractions to mixed number:
9:4=2
- 8
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Mixed number to improper fraction:
2x4+1=9
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Activity
1) Convert each improper fraction to a mixed number.
23 = 221 Part of the test b) 24 = 8
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2) Convert each mixed number into an improper fraction
a) 84 = 44 b) 4 2= 30
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Activity
I. Find the equivalent fraction through simplification and record it.
result.
a) 36 : = 4 9 b) 45 : 5 9
=
16 : 4 4 20 : 5 4
irreducible fraction irreducible fraction
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II. Convert each mixed number to an improper fraction
a) 10 4 = 54 b) 9 2= 65
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