Mathematics

: Fractions

Approach: Independent
Resources: None
Questions / instructions:	% responses
Questions / instructions:	y4	y8
1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 =	24	67
2/3 + 2/3 =	7	44
1/2 + 1/4 =	7	45
1 - 1/2 =	27	-
1/4 + 2/3 =		14
1/2 - 1/4 =		46
4 - 1/3 =		33
2 1/2 - 3/4 =		34
2/3 - 1/2 =		13
5 X 1/4 =		48
3/4 X 3 =		32
2/5 X 1/2 =		29
2 1/4 X 5 =		30
3 X 1/2 =		20
1/ 3 2 =		8
1/4 1/2 =		21
2 1/4 1/3 =		2
Commentary: Year 4 students showed little capacity to handle tasks involving fractions other than 1/2. Year 8 students were not highly successful with any of the tasks, but had particular difficulty with mixed denominators and division of fractions.