Monday, April 1, 2019

Fractions

We started looking at fractions today. We talked about how fractions are used to describe a part of a whole. Students were asked to look for examples at home that could be described at less than half or more than half. The examples we used were walking to school (more than halfway there, less than halfway there), or a car's gas tank. What examples can you think of?

 
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