This week, Primary 6 have been revising some more mathematical concepts. We started yesterday with both classes discussing the best methods we could use to simplify fractions. We found that we liked this method:-

Divide both the top and bottom of the fraction by the Greatest Common Factor (you have to work it out first!).

Example: Simplify the fraction 8/12 :

The largest number that goes exactly into both 8 and 12 is 4, so the Greatest Common Factor is 4.

Divide both top and bottom by 4:
÷ 4
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8/12 = 2/3
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÷ 4

That is as far as we can go. The fraction simplifies to 2 /3.

We practised these together and are going to create our own this week in our home learning.

Today, we completed our revision of written methods for solving division calculations and challenged ourselves to solve some particularly difficult calculations with decimals too! We found that some of our methods for solving multiplication calculations helped us.

We also learned about the General Election in Newsround and heard some pupils from St Margaret’s singing songs from their “Little Shop of Horrors” production. They were really talented!