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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Fraction

1. Matthew is a huge rugby league fan and has 28 NRL cards. One quarter of them are Melbourne Storm cards. How many of them are Melbourne Storm cards?


STRATEGY:
28÷ 4 = 7
7 × 1 = 7



SOLUTION SENTENCE:
There is 7 Storm cards.


2. In Mark’s class there are 18 children. ⅓ of them are boys. How many boys are in Mark’s class?


STRATEGY:
18 ÷ 3 = 6
6 × 1 = 6


SOLUTION SENTENCE:
There is 6 boys in his class.


3. Luke has 32 first cousins. ¾ of them live in Auckland and the rest of them live in Wellington. How many of Luke’s cousins live in Auckland?


STRATEGY:
32 ÷ 4 = 8
8  × 3 =24



SOLUTION SENTENCE:
Luke has 24 cousin that lives at Auckland.

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