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Monday 23 September 2013

Maths

1.Jon had 3 brownies,
How could Jon share the brownies so that he and his sister Matilda each got the same amount? How much would I get? 1 and a half.
because 3 divided by 2 equal 1.5 which is one and a half.
Discuss with a classmate two ways you could use to share these equally. 
Write your answer as a fraction.
a.Share 5 chocolate bars amongst 2 people.
2/5
b Share 4 muesli bars amongst 3 people.
3/4
c Share 5 pizza slabs amongst 4 people.
4/5
d Share 7 mince pies amongst 2 people.
2/7
a.Miriam shared 3 apple pies amongst 4 people. 
She cut the pies into quarters.   
Explain Why?
It's because she has to share the pie to 4 people and quarters means four. 
b.How many quarters of pie will each person get? Explain how you know.
Each person gets 3 quarters, because there is four people getting a pie and there are four slices and 3 whole pie, so each person get one piece from one pie and there is three pie so each person gets 3 quarters.
Write the total amount that each person gets as a fraction of apple pie. 
3/4
Did each person get more or less than a whole pie? 
Less than a whole pies.

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