Jaryl's First Growing Post

3. 1/2 + 1/6 or 1/4 + 7/12

1/4 + 7/12 is bigger because:

1/4 on a clock = 15 mins

7/12 on a clock= 35 mins

Which equils 50 mins

1/2 only equils 30 mins and 1/6 only equils 10 mins

which only equils 40 mins

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5. Joelle and I used division on our poster to figure out were to place th locations. We also color coated it so it would be easier to fallow.

6. Grampy's Cookies

This game is called Cookies for Grampy. What you do is you make cookes for grampy using fractions. You use fractons like 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, and etc. When you cant use the peices anymore you have to figure out how much it takes to make a whole piece and type it in in the 2 little boxes.(the numerator top box and denominator bottem box)

7. For bike race Joelle and I figured out the positions fo the Km markers by dividing the denominator of 1/12, 1/6, 1/3 into the whole amount of kilometers which is 60. The answers you get after dividing them are:

1/12= 5 km 1/6= 10 km 1/3= 20 km

8. Two different ways of find a quarter and also 3/4 of 16 would be dividing 4 into 16 and you get 4 and thats a quarter of 16 then to figure out 3/4 you just subtract 1/4 which is 4 and you get 12. Another way is to draw a picture like this.

You just add the 1/2=2/4 to the 1/4 and you get the 3/4 which is 12 and the 1/4 you get by dividing 16 by 2 then 8 by 2 and your answer is 4.

9. This question is going to be like the one on the first test that we had.

1/4+1/2 does not equil 1/12

If you did this on a clock

1/4=15 mins 1/2= 2/4=30 mins

Togeather they equil 45 mins and 1/12 only equils 5 mins.

Cedric's First Growing Post

1/2)Cedric's growingpost, fractions

3) 1/2 + 1/6 or 1/4 + 7/12?

1/4 + 7/12 is bigger than 1/2 + 1/6.

In a clock 1/14 is 15 minutes and 7/12 is 35 minutes, so if you add 15 + 35 you get 50 (minutes).

For 1/2 is 30 minutes and 1/6 is 10 minutes. Add them up and you get 40 minutes.

50 minutes (1/14 + 7/12) is bigger than 40 minutes (1/2 + 1/6).
Another way to do this is: Divide 60 by the denominator and you get the minutes.
(Example) 60 divided by 2 = 30 and 60 divided by 6 = 10.

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4/5)Rico and I's Bike Race thing:

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Part 2:
6) This game is a very good game for fractions and its called 'Find Grampy". It makes you think about what fraction out of what fraction it's out of. The Great Math Fraction game

7)For the bike race, Rico and I found the if you divide the total KM by the denominator of the fraction your doing you get the answer. 60 divided by twelfth, sixth and a third = fifth,tenth, and twentieth. That means you shade in the 5, 12 times and the ten six times and the third 20 times.
I also noticed that you don't really need to include the 12 and the 6 because the 3 goes into both of them. I think the 12 and the 6 just gets you confused.

8)To find a 1/4 (quarter ) and 3/4 of a number is dividing the number by denominator and multiplying that answer by the numerator.
Lets take 16 for example. 16 divided by 4 = 4 x 1 = 4. Which is 4/16 or 1/4
4 x 3 = 12. Which is 12/16 or 3/4.
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Final Task:

9) My own fraction:
3/4 + 1/2 does not equal 4/6.
If you think of the clock, 3/4 is 45 minutes and 1/2 is 30 minutes so add 45 + 30 minutes and you get 75 minutes (1 hour and 15 minutes).
4/6 is 40 minutes because if you multiply 6 by 2 and 4 by 2 you get 8/12 and 8 on the clock is 40 minutes.

Jeanine's Growing Post

3. 1/4 + 7/12 is obviously bigger, as you can see by the picture.

1/4 = 15 minutes and 7/12 = 35 minutes. 15 + 35 = 50 minutes



1/2 = 30 minutes and 1/6 = 10 minutes, therefor, only being 40 minutes when you add them together.

50 is larger than 40.







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5. We put in markers for everything we had to mark, obviously and we noticed that the markers that tell you how far you've gone are in the same places....

6. Alright, well, this fractions game is called Cookies For Grampy. Yes, I know it's absolutely un-radtastic. But that's besides the point. What's so great about this game you ask? It helps with addition, subtraction and multiplication of fractions.
What you do is drag pieces from the side and pull them onto the whole. After you drag one piece larger than half you have to type in the remaining pieces you need to get the whole in the little boxes. After you press okay it turns into a cookie in Grampy's bag. You are also timed as you do this. http://www.visualfractions.com/CookiesF.html <---linkage.

7. At a twelfth, sixth and third? Well, we went 60 divided by 12 is 5 so every 5 km there would be a marker for twelfths. Every six would be just doubling your answer because half of 12 is 6 and in fractions when you divide by two you times by two, so it would be ever 10 km's for a sixth marker. And every third is exactling the same, you times your answer for 6 by two so it would be ever 20 km's for a third marker. The pattern I noticed was that since you're doubling numbers, the markers are mostly together.

8. To find 1/4 of 16.
Well, you already know what half of 16 is. It's 8. So what you do to find 1/4 is you cut 8 in 1/2 as well. Which is 4. Also, you could just already know, because 4x4=16.
To find 3/4 of 16.
You already know what 1/4 is so you times that by three.
So, 4x3=12 therefor 3/4 of 16 is 12.

9. 1/4+1/5<>

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1/4 = 25 cents + 1/5 which = 20 cents = 45 cents
3/4 = 75 cents+1/2 which equals 50 cents = $1.25

Tim's First Growing Post

I got my answers by using the clock method.

1/2 + 1/6

1/2 of 60 minutes is 30. 1/6 of 60 is 10.

1/2 + 1/6 = 40 minutes or 40/60 or 4/6.

1/4 + 7/12

1/4 of 60 is 15. 7/12 of 60 is 35.

1/4 + 7/12 = 50 minutes or 50/60 or 5/6.

1/4 + 7/12 is larger than 1/2 + 1/6.

Jessica Q's First Growing Post

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1/4 + 7/12 is larger than 1/2 + 1/6 because, 1/4 on the clock is 15 minutes, & 7/12 is 35 minutes.

15 minutes + 35 minutes = 50 minutes (10/12)

1/2 on the clock is 30 minutes, & 1/6 on the clock is 10 minutes.

30 minutes + 10 minutes = 40 minutes. (4/6 or 40/60)

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a. all of the stops ended at the finish line.
b. we used the "clock method" to find out how many km each stop was.
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6. http://www.mrnussbaumgames.com/pizza_game/index.html
this game is fun because, you have to satisfy your customers by making their pizza order.
for example: if they say they want an extra small pizza (which is $4.00 = 4 slices) and they want "1/4 bacon, 1/4 pepperoni, 1/2 mushroom" you have to put that on their pizza.

7.we divided 60 (60 km) by twelve, six, and three. the patterns i saw were, about every 2ND marker, there were points that were at the same place.

8. 1/4 into 16 is 4 because, 16 divided by 4 = 4. 3/4 into 16 is 12 because, since 1/4 into 16 is 4, you just have to multiply 4 by 3 (3/4) which equals 12.

9. 1/2 + 1/3 does not equal 2/5
to answer this question, you can use money to make it easier. 1/2 of 100 (happy number) would be 50 & 1/3 would be 75. 1/5 of 100 would be 20(x2=40) 40 cents.

2/5 = 40 cents
1/2 + 1/3 = 75 cents
^^NOT EQUAL !

Mary's First Growing Post

QUESTION 3

To find out which fraction is larger, you have to do each step. First, is 1/2. half of 60 is 30, so we already have 30 minutes. 1/6 of an hour is 10 minutes because 60 divided by 6 is 10. so 10+30=40 minutes.

In the next question, there's a 1/4, so 1/4 of an hour is 15 minutes. Then 7/12 of an hour is 60 divided into 12 equal sections. One of the sections would = 5 min. so 7 5's is 35. 35+15=50.

50 is larger than 40, therefore the second question is larger.

QUESTION 4

QUESTION 5

The strategies that Liezl and I have used, are that we divided 60 by whatever # to get which km we have to mark at. We also used a picture to determine which mark goes where, we kinda had to ..

QUESTION 7

For the km markers on every twelfth, sixth and third, we just divided 60 into 12, 6, and 3 sections, then we put a marking for each of the sections.
A pattern that i realise, is that there is a km marker, on every number on the 5 times table. I think i did it wrong on the chart.

QUESTION 6
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/equivalentfractions/index.html
I think this site it cool ! It teaches you about equvalent fractions. It tells you to pick a fraction or a picture, then you have to find something equivalent to that, whether it's a picture or a fraction!

QUESTION 8
Two different ways to find a quarter of 16 is to divide 16 by 4 which would = 4. To get 3/4 of 16, you can just subtract 4 from 16, since 3/4 if subtracting 1/4. If 16 is the whole, subtracting 1/4 would make it 12. Another way is to draw a picture.

QUESTION 9

QUESTION 10/ Self Evaluation

Title: 1/1

Label: 1/1

Question 3: 5/5

Question 4&5: 3/3

Question 6: 5/5

Question 7: 2/3

Question 8: 4/5

Question 9: 5/5

Question 10: 7/7

chaseley's b.o.b

what was the hardest thing about this unit?
The hardest thing in this unit for me was cutting the subs for each kid.

What do you understand now that you did not understand before?
Now I know how to add two fractions together, and how to use a clock to add fractions.

If you had to teach your parents something about fractions what would it be and how would you do it?
I would teach them how to add fractions together. I would teach them how to use the clock method that we learned in math. I would have to say that 1/2 of the clock is 30 minutes because it is cut in half. Then 1/3 of the clock would be 20 minutes. So if you add 20 + 30 it would equal 50.Now the fraction would be 50/60 or in other words it would be 5/6.

1/2 + 1/3 = 5/6
30 + 20 = 50/60