Equivalent Fractions Lesson & Activity Pack

This pack is designed to help students develop an understanding of equivalent fractions and to give them multiple opportunities to practise.

It contains:

1. Introducing Greedy Monkey
A set of PPT slides and follow up worksheets that tell the story of a greedy monkey who wants to eat 5/6 of three different cakes. The first cake has been cut into six pieces, so it's easy. But what if the cake has already been cut into 12 pieces, or more? How many should monkey eat so that she ends up eating 5/6 of the cake? The idea is to develop the understanding that she would need to eat twice as many pieces of cake, because each piece is half as big, and then to generalise this to other denominators.

2. Follow on Activities: Matching Activity, Maze & Dominoes
Three activities that could be used to give practise in a lesson, or for homework. Students must match equivalent fractions into groups of 3, find their way through a maze by shading equivalent fractions and pair up a set of dominoes.

3. Exit Slips
Quick exit slips that could be given out at the end of lesson to check on understanding.