Answer to Question #207260 in Algebra for Excellent

Question

To develop essential mathematics skills, the learner should develop the correct use of 

language of Mathematics. How would you, as the teacher, clarify the meaning of fraction 

as “part of a whole where the whole is a single object” to a grade 4 learner? Use two 

different representations to illustrate your answer.

Answer 1

A fraction means a part, so a fraction is the part of a whole object.

example : we have a sausage and Mary eats half of it so it remains half therefore we say :

Half of a sausage

Example 2: one third of a mango meaning part of the mango is absent.