Fractions+and+Decimals

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Students develop an understanding of the parts of a whole, and the relationships between the different representations of fractions.
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=**Early Stage One** = ||
 * //**NES1.4: Describes halves, encountered in everyday contexts, as two equal parts of an object.**//


 * Key ideas:**
 * Divide an object into two equal parts
 * Recognise and describe halves ||

=Stage One = ||
 * //**NS1.4: Describes and models halves and quarters, of objects and collections, occurring in everyday situations.**//


 * Key ideas:**
 * Model and describe a half or a quarter of a whole object
 * Model and describe a half or a quarter of a collection of objects
 * Use fraction notation ½ and ¼ ||

=Stage Two = ||
 * //**NS2.4: Models, compares and represents commonly used fractions and decimals, adds and subtracts decimals to two decimal places, and interprets everyday percentages.**//


 * Key ideas:**
 * Model, compare and represent fractions with denominators 2, 4, and 8, followed by fractions with denominators 5, 10, and 100
 * Find equivalence between halves, quarters and eighths; fifths and tenths; tenths and hundredths
 * Model, compare and represent decimals to 2 decimal places
 * Add and subtract decimals with the same number of decimal places (to 2 decimal places)
 * Recognise percentages in everyday situations. Relate a common percentage to a fraction or decimal
 * Perform calculations with money ||

=**Stage Three** = ||
 * //**NS3.4: Compares, orders and calculates with decimals, simple fractions and simple percentages.**//


 * Key ideas:**
 * Model, compare and represent commonly used fractions (those with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 100)
 * Find equivalence between thirds, sixths and twelfths
 * Express a mixed numeral as an improper fraction, and vice versa
 * Add and subtract simple fractions where one denominator is a multiple of the other
 * Multiply simple fractions by whole numbers. Calculate unit fractions of a number
 * Multiply and divide decimals by whole numbers in everyday contexts. Add and subtract decimals to three decimal places
 * Calculate simple percentages of quantities
 * Apply the four operations to money in real-life situations ||