Non-unit fractions
Unit 9 – 4 weeks
Primary
KS2
Year 3
Curriculum
The PowerPoint file contains slides you can use in the classroom to support each of the learning outcomes for this unit, listed below.
The slides are comprehensively linked to associated pedagogical guidance in the NCETM Primary Mastery Professional Development materials. There are also links to the ready-to-progress criteria detailed in the DfE Primary Mathematics Guidance 2020.
Learning outcomes
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pupils explain that non-unit fractions are composed of more than one unit fraction |
| 2 | Pupils identify non-unit fractions |
| 3 | Pupils identify the number of equal or unequal parts in a whole |
| 4 | Pupils use knowledge of non-unit fractions to solve problems |
| 5 | Pupils use knowledge of unit fractions to find one whole |
| 6 | Pupils place fractions between 0 and 1 on a numberline |
| 7 | Pupils use repeated addition of a unit fraction to form a non-unit fraction |
| 8 | Pupils use repeated addition of a unit fraction to form 1 |
| 9 | Pupils compare using knowledge of non-unit fractions equivalent to one |
| 10 | Pupils compare non-unit fractions with the same denominator |
| 11 | Pupils compare unit fractions |
| 12 | Pupils compare fractions with the same numerator |
| 13 | Pupils add up fractions with the same denominator |
| 14 | Pupils add on fractions with the same denominator |
| 15 | Pupils add fractions with the same denominator using a generalised rule |
| 16 | Pupils subtract fractions with the same denominator |
| 17 | Pupils identify the whole, the number of equal parts and the size of each part as a unit fraction |
| 18 | Pupils explain that addition and subtraction of fractions are inverse operations |
| 19 | Pupils subtract fractions from a whole by converting the whole to a fraction |
| 20 | Pupils represent a whole as a fraction in different ways and use this to solve problems involving subtraction |