Design a cake – fractions of shapes

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Teachit Author
Design a cake – fractions of shapes
Main Subject
Category
All number resources: Fractions, decimals and percentages
Resource type
Differentiated
Starter/Plenary
Student activity
Worksheet

A differentiated fractions activity with an Eid theme. The PowerPoint guides children through finding fractions of a variety of shapes, with a focus on the numerator and the denominator. The children then decorate fractions of a delicious rectangular Eid cake on their worksheet!

A practical shape folding challenge is also included. Suitable for Y3 and Y4.

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5

26/03/2020

I copied the shapes onto Word documents and asked the learners to fold them into 1/2, 1/4 and 1/3 as appropriate.

16/01/2017

5

26/03/2020

I copied the shapes onto Word documents and asked the learners to fold them into 1/2, 1/4 and 1/3 as appropriate.

16/01/2017