Fraction Boot Camp Day 3

Today in our fraction boot camp we looked at visual representations of fractions

We started with a number talk looking at what fraction is shaded. There is lots to talk about in this one image. There were 3 different shaded regions that we looked at.

Next we looked at the unusual baker’s cakes problem, with this image. We stated that the cakes are all sold for 60 dollars, and our task is to determine what each piece should be sold for.

There was a lot of good discussion among groups, and good representations shown on the boards. We’ve realized that there’s lots of ways to draw fourths and halves, as triangles or rectangles.

The next task was a circuit of concept circles where fractions were represented by money, lego, pattern blocks, and base 10 blocks.

After 3 days of fractions we’re feeling kind of fractionned out, but hopefully also we’re a bit more confident with using manipulatives to represent fractions to solve problems.