Find a fraction of a number using the Singapore bar model - 2 lessons - differentiated worksheets

Encouraging children to use pictorial representation to optimise understanding. Designed for a mastery curriculum. Perfect for Year 3/4 children.

Objectives
Y3: Recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects: unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators 
Y4: Solve problems involving increasingly harder fractions to calculate quantities, and fractions to divide quantities, including non-unit fractions where the answer is a whole number

Differentiated worksheets – Lesson 1 - Pre-drawn bar models
1 Spot patterns when finding a fraction of a number
2 Mixed questions on finding a fraction of a number
3 Fractions of numbers including ten times bigger knowledge

Differentiated worksheets – Lesson 2 - Draw your own bar-model and answer word problems
1 Simple fractions (Y3 times tables)
2 Slightly trickier fractions (Y3 and Y4 times tables)
3 Fractions of numbers including ten times bigger knowledge