🔢 Mathematics · Fractions
Unit fractions
Recognise, find, and write fractions of a discrete set of objects: unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators
Typical age: 7–8 years
“If there are 15 books on a shelf, can your child work out how many two-thirds of them is — and check by grouping the books into three equal piles?”
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