Matching activities that show two quarters equal one half, for Year 2 maths. Pupils join 1/2 and 1/4 to matching pictures, pair shapes with exactly the same amount shaded, match calculations such as 1/2 of 8 with their equivalents, then explain in one sentence why 1/2 and 2/4 mean the same. Detailed answers included. Covers the England National Curriculum equivalence objective.
Number - fractions
“Write simple fractions, for example 1/2 of 6 = 3, and recognise the equivalence of 2/4 and 1/2”
All four sections build to the same equivalence, from pictures to calculations.
Pupils join fractions like 1/2 and 1/4 to the matching shaded picture.
Pairs of shapes with exactly the same amount shaded to join up.
Expressions such as 1/2 of 8 and 2/4 of 12 matched to their equivalents.
One sentence on why 1/2 and 2/4 mean the same amount.
Detailed solutions for every section.
Main task
Set it in the lesson where 2/4 and 1/2 are first put side by side.
Intervention
The picture matching gives a visual route in for pupils who missed the idea.
Plenary
Collect the explanation sentences to hear the idea in pupils' own words.
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