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Monday, 16 May 2016

Sharing lollies Maths problem

Sharing Lollies
           We are learning to identify equivalent fractions

Maara and her three friends are going to share a licorice lace. If the lace is 12cm long, what length of the lace will each friend get? What fraction will they get?
They get 3cm of the lace each
4X3=12, 3/12

2 other friends approach Maara and would like some of the lace too. How can they split the lace (which has already been cut into quarters) between 6 people equally.

What would happen if yet another two friends wanted a share?
They will have to cut their quarters again.

How many cm of the lace would they recieve?
They will get 2cm of the lace each.
The fraction is 2/12


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