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Fraction Word Problems in Real Life

Solve real-life fraction problems by identifying the whole, calculating fractions of money and measures, and checking your answers make sense.

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1 Getting Started
2 Watch and Notice
3 Try It Together
4 Underline the Whole in Your Copy
5 Class Challenge
6 Write It in Your Journal
7 What Did We Notice?
8 What's Next
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Worked example

1 - Getting Started ~4 mins

Illustration for Getting Started Here is a real problem to warm us up: a €60 prize is being split so that Aoife gets two fifths of it. Before we work anything out, what is the whole here? And which fraction of it do we actually need?

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

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2 - Watch and Notice ~9 mins

Real problems rarely say 'find a fraction of'. You have to read carefully, decide what the whole is, then work the fraction. We will work three on the board together: two fifths of a €60 prize, three quarters of a 2 litre bottle, and two thirds of €30 spent. For each one, find the whole, split it into equal parts, then take the parts you need.

Fractions in real problems

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3 - Try It Together ~11 mins

Today we work three problems together. First 2/5 of €35, then 3/4 of 24, and finally a two-step problem: a €48 voucher, Liam spends 1/2, then gives 1/3 of what is left to his sister. How much does he keep?

Work the word problems

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4 - Underline the Whole in Your Copy ~3 mins

COPYBOOK MOMENT

In your maths copy, for each problem underline the whole and ring the fraction, then show your working and box the answer. Work these three:

3/5 of €45
2/3 of 18 minutes
A €24 gift card, 3/4 is spent. How much is left?

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Pupil practice

Module 3 · Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Number

Lesson 34 · Fraction Word Problems in Real Life

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