find equivalent representations of fractions using related denominators and make connections between fractions and decimal notation

How Bloomi helps with this

This is a readiness-year topic that builds towards the next NAPLAN year. Bloomi practises it as curriculum mastery, never test drilling.

What this looks like in the classroom

• extending fraction families within collections of materials; for example, by seeing \(\frac34\) as \(3\) in each \(4\), showing this within related fractions like \(\frac68\) or seeing that \(\frac25\) means \(2\) in each \(5\) so it can be shown within \(\frac4{10}\)
• creating models of equivalent fractions by subdividing capacity measures into smaller fractions; for example, half a cup of flour could be shown as two-quarters or four-eighths of a cup of flour
• folding paper to show equivalence between different fractions; for example, folding A4 paper in half and half again, repeating to form eighths and demonstrating that \(\frac48\) = \(\frac24\) = \(\frac12\); folding paper strips into fifths and tenths, and recording as both fractions and decimals