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This activity is about writing one number as a fraction of another.

 

Have you ever had a spelling test and been given your mark out of 10? If you got 9 out of 10 right, then you can feel very pleased with yourself - it could be written as 9/10 or 9 out of 10.

 

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If you only got 2 right, you know that you've got a bit more work to do on those spellings. It might be written as 2/10 or 2 out of 10.

 

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Here's another example:

Write 2 sweets as a fraction of 10 sweets. 

 

Answer

We simply write the 2 above the 10 to get two tenths or 2/10

Your answer simply means 2 sweets out of a possible 10 sweets.

 

10 sweets

 

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