Fractions of a whole (age 10+)
Your child knows that a fraction like 3/4 means 3 ÷ 4. Sharing 3 pizzas among 4 friends, each gets 3/4 of a pizza.
In curriculum terms
Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a ÷ b); solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to fractional or mixed-number answers
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If your child shares 3 pizzas equally among 4 friends, can they work out what fraction each person gets — and explain why 3 ÷ 4 gives the same answer as 3/4?
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Curriculum alignment
Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.
Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
solve problems involving division, choosing efficient strategies and using digital tools where appropriate; interpret any remainder according to the context and express results as a whole number, decimal or fraction
solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same or related denominators, using different strategies
solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions using knowledge of equivalent fractions
NSW syllabus codes & stages only
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
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