Dividing Quantities by Ratio
Divide a given quantity into two parts in a given part:part or part:whole ratio, and express the division as a fraction of the whole
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Dividing Quantities by Ratio means practising the idea at the table with counters or paper models and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: Paper strips or a folded circle; Pencil and labels (1/2, 1/4). 1. Say the goal of Dividing Quantities by Ratio in plain words once. 2. Adult folds a strip into halves and labels 1/2. 3. Child makes three fair shares (or fraction operations with strips) and names each result. 4. Fresh check: one fresh equal-part or fraction result. Record and stop. Done: three correctly named fraction results. Proof: parent note of examples and results. Stop: End after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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Proportion Playground
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Check understanding
- Share £60 between two people in the ratio 2:3 by finding the value of one part
- Express the result of sharing 24 sweets as 10 and 14 in ratio form as 5:7
- Solve problems involving three-part ratios (e.g. divide 180 in the ratio 1:2:3)
“If £60 is shared between two people in the ratio 2:3, can your child work out how much each person gets?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Ratio & Proportion
- Age range
- Ages 11–13
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