Step 5 Objective
Simplify fractions by cancelling all common factors and identify equivalent fractions.
- Examples of what pupils should
know and be able to do - Probing questions
- What if pupils find
this a barrier?
Probing questions
What clues did you look for to cancel these fractions to their simplest form?
How do you know when you have the simplest form of a fraction?
Give me two equivalent fractions. How do you know they are equivalent?
Give me some fractions that are equivalent to ... How did you do it?