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Fractions! (Mini Math Movies)

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Fractions! (Mini Math Movies)
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Summary

“Fractions! (Mini Math Movies)” is a Scratch Garden song-and-animation that teaches fractions — equal parts of a whole. A short, catchy video — easy to drop into a math lesson, a warm-up, or a transition.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

A fraction names equal parts of a whole. The bottom number tells how many equal parts in all; the top tells how many you have.

  1. What does the bottom number of a fraction tell you?
  2. What does the top number tell you?
  3. Can you name something that gets split into equal parts in real life?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: fraction, whole, equal parts, numerator, denominator.

Try it: Fold a paper into four equal parts. Shade one part and write the fraction you shaded.