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‘What a super book! It is absolutely packed with practical ideas and activities to help you love maths, and love teaching and/or learning it. It certainly helps to develop an enthusiasm for a subject most adults tend to say “I'm no good at…”’
Fractions and Decimals
Fractions and Decimals
Fractions and decimals
Chapter Overview
In this chapter you can read about:
- The key ideas about fractions which children need to understand
- How children's understanding of fractions and decimals develops, often in informal contexts at an early age and then progresses to more formal understanding
- Practical ideas for exploring fractions with children.
Early Experiences of Fractions
At the simplest level, fractions are highly practical and encountered informally by young children. Sharing a chocolate bar with someone else, serving up a pudding into portions and making sure that everyone gets a piece of birthday cake are typical experiences for young children. They introduce notions of fairness and equality as well as early fraction ideas based on the principle of equal sharing. Typical conversations between parents and children might ...
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