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PROCEDURE

Motivation (Toys)

The teacher will present a problem and show a pizza toy to the students to solve the
problem.

Problem: It’s my birthday and mom has ordered pizza for me and my friends. When the
pizza arrives, I open the box and find that it is cut into slices. There are 6 slices and I
have 5 friends. What part does each person eat?

Presentation (Realia)

The teacher will provide a real object of different colors of marbles.

In my box, I have here a 20 different color of marbles. Three marbles are white. Five
marbles are blue. Four marbles are green. Six marbles are red and two marbles are
black.

What part of a marbles is white?

What part of a marbles is blue?

What part of a marbles is green?

What part of a marbles is red?

What part of a marbles is black?

Discussion (Textbooks and Chalk and board)

The teacher will recall the motivation and presentation and ask some questions that
related to the discussion.
The underline word “what part” refers to a fraction. This means that the fraction is a part
of a whole. One slice of pizza represent one-sixth. One-sixth is a symbol is

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The number above the fraction bar is called numerator. It tells the number of slices of
pizza each friend ate. The number below the fraction bar is called denominator. It tells
the number of equal parts into which the whole pizza is divided. The fraction bar or the
line that separates the numerator from the denominator is called vinculum.

Fractions could also be used to identify part of the set.

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Since there are 20 different colors of marbles in all, 3 white marbles represent ,5
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blue marbles represent , 4 green marbles represent , 6 red marbles represent
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, and 2 black marbles represent .
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Kinds of Fractions

Fractions can be classified as proper, improper and mixed number.

1. A proper fraction as a fraction whose value is less than 1. Its numerator is less than
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its denominator. Examples are and .
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2. An improper fraction is a fraction whose value is equal to or greater than 1. Its

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numerator is equal or greater than its denominator. Examples are and .
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3. A mixed number is composed of a whole number and a fractional part such as 1
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and 3 . A fraction with a numerator of one is called unit fraction. Examples are 1 and
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