Simplifying Fractions Answers Literacy Research Memory Can you find where the word comes from ‘fraction’ 1) Write a fraction and and what it means? Write you findings below. label the numerator and denominator. Middle English from the Latin word (to ‘frangere’ break) via Old French (to break bread) ‘fractio’ 2) Give an example of: i) an improper fraction Skills: Simplify fully Stretch ii) a number iii) a unit fraction
Simplifying Fractions Answers Literacy 1) Write a fraction and label the numerator and denominator. 2) Give an example of: i) an improper fraction ii) a number iii) a unit fraction Research Can you find where the word ‘fraction’ comes from and what it means? Write you findings below. Middle English from the Latin word ‘frangere’ (to break) via Old French ‘fractio’ (to break bread) Memory Skills: Simplify fully Stretch
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