Y4

Maths

Fractions of a Quantity Reasoning and Problem Solving

Worksheet
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Build understanding of how to find a fraction of a quantity by using this resource.

This Year 4 Fractions of a Quantity Reasoning and Problem Solving worksheet will support children with using division knowledge to find a unit fraction of an amount, then use multiplication facts to find non-unit fractions of the same amount. Children will solve a problem using stock in a shop, reason if ingredients for a recipe using fractions are accurate and choose which child has calculated a fraction of a quantity correctly. All answers are supplied for ease of marking!

A varied fluency resource and a fluency matrix are also available for this small step.


Curriculum Objectives

  • 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