Review pages:
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Fractions
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Cancelling
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Multiplying
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Percentages
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Ratio
Test page:
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Test yourself
Fractions
Look at the flowers.
What fraction of the flowers are red?
To work out one
quarter
of a number, divide by four.
To work out
three quarters
of a number, multiply
one quarter
by three.
Look at the picture.
There are eight eggs.
One quarter
of eight is two (8 ÷ 4 =
2
).
Three quarters of eight is six (
2
x 3 = 6).
Three quarters of eight can be written as:
The multiplication sign 'x' means of.
Other fractions work in the same way.
For example: to find one fifth, divide by five.
Try one!
Work out three quarters of twenty.
Answer:
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