TKI - Assessment : Exemplars : Mathematics : Fractions

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Mathematics: Number

$Level 2 - Assign unit fraction symbols to regions$

$Level 3i - Order unit fractions and fractions with like denominators$

$Level 3ii - Order fractions with unlike numerators and denominators$

$Level 4 - Convert fractions, decimals, and percentages$

Fractions

Convert fractions, decimals, and percentages

The task

The teacher gave the students some sets of fractions and asked them to put each set in order from smallest to largest. One was a set of unit fractions (, , , , ), another a set of fractions with a common denominator (, , , , ), and another a mixed set of fractions (, , , , , ). If the students could order all three sets correctly, the teacher gave them a set of percentages and decimals to include in the range (30%, 0.5, 0.6, 75%).

Images of student problem solving process

Kevin's and Sina's work shows that they:

know the relationship between fractions and percentages;
are able to convert fractions to percentages.

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