Math Games

Year 4 - Number and Algebra

Standard 4.OA.1.2 - Simplify fractions and express them in the lowest terms.

Included Skills:

Fractions and decimals
• Investigate equivalent fractions used in contexts
- exploring the relationship between families of fractions (halves, quarters and eighths or thirds and sixths) by folding a series of paper strips to construct a fraction wall
• Count by quarters halves and thirds, including with mixed numerals. Locate and represent these fractions on a number line
- converting mixed numbers to improper fractions and vice versa
- investigating the use of fractions and sharing as a way of managing Country: for example taking no more than half the eggs from a nest to protect future bird populations
• Recognise that the place value system can be extended to tenths and hundredths. Make connections between fractions and decimal notation
- using division by 10 to extend the place-value system
- using knowledge of fractions to establish equivalences between fractions and decimal notation