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One Quantity as a Fraction

CONCEPTUAL
MathematicsRatio & Proportion|Ages 11—12|ID: mt_xAf2bu9wYK

Express one quantity as a fraction of another where the result may be less than 1 or greater than 1, and interpret the meaning in context

Mastery Evidence

  • Express 45 minutes as a fraction of 2 hours (= 3/8)
  • Express a larger quantity as a fraction of a smaller one and explain why the result exceeds 1
  • Simplify the resulting fraction and interpret its meaning in the original context

Assessment Prompt

“If there are 15 boys and 20 girls in a class, can [child] express the number of boys as a fraction of the whole class and say whether that fraction is less than or greater than a half?”

Curriculum Standards2 alignments

6.RP.1Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
Understand Ratio Concepts

Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities. For example, "The ratio of wings to beaks in the bird house at the zoo was 2:1, because for every 2 wings there was 1 beak." "For every vote candidate A received, candidate C received nearly three votes."

RP
KS3.Maths.Ratio.3The national curriculum in England
Express Quantities as Fractions

express 1 quantity as a fraction of another, where the fraction is less than 1 and greater than 1

Mathematics · Key Stage 3

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