Say the word ‘fractions’ to an adult and ask them what came to their mind first. Chances are they didn’t mention calendars or clocks. Look at the calendar below and test yourself on how many fraction (finding the fraction of number) questions you can come up with. For example one could be…..If Mr.Mohamed snored loudly for 1/2 of November, for how many days did he not snore?
Hint: find 1/2 of 30 first (or 1/2 x 30 =?)
What about the fraction of time? Looking at this clock how would we (using the same formula as above) calculate the third of an hour?
