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The document focuses on teaching Primary 4 students how to use diagrams to understand and solve problems related to fractions. It emphasizes the importance of visualizing problems through diagrams, providing examples and exercises to practice this heuristic. Key objectives include drawing diagrams to illustrate problems and using them to find solutions.

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Pma4 0899 01 He

The document focuses on teaching Primary 4 students how to use diagrams to understand and solve problems related to fractions. It emphasizes the importance of visualizing problems through diagrams, providing examples and exercises to practice this heuristic. Key objectives include drawing diagrams to illustrate problems and using them to find solutions.

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Primary 4 Mathematics

Heuristics

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Fractions

Heuristic
Draw a Diagram

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Draw a Diagram ~ Objectives
Pupils should be able to:

• draw a diagram to visualise and understand the


problem.

• use the diagram to help them solve the problem.

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Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Watch
What fraction of the square below is shaded?

Let’s draw a diagram


to find the answer!

© 2016 Marshall Cavendish Education Pte Ltd


Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Watch
What fraction of the square below is shaded?

We can divide the square


into equal parts.

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Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Watch
What fraction of the square below is shaded?
There are 8 triangles altogether.
6 out of 8 triangles are shaded.

of the square is shaded.

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Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Learn
We can draw a diagram to illustrate the problem.

Divide the diagram


into equal parts.

There are 6 shaded


triangles out of a total
of 8 triangles.

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Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Learn
We can draw a diagram to illustrate the problem.

Divide the diagram


into equal parts.

= of the diagram
is shaded.
of the square is shaded.

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Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Learn

We can draw a diagram Drawing a diagram will help us


to illustrate the problem. better visualise the problem.

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Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Try
What fraction of the square below is shaded?

Let’s draw a diagram


to find the answer!

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Draw a Diagram ~ Let’s Try
Are you correct?

There are 8 triangles altogether.


2 out of 8 triangles are shaded.

of the square is shaded.


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Draw a Diagram ~ I Can Do
In the tangram below, seven pieces are arranged
to form a big square. One of the pieces was
coloured blue. What fraction of the big square was
coloured blue?

Let’s draw a diagram


to find the answer!

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Draw a Diagram ~ I Can Do
Are you correct?

There are 16 triangles altogether.


2 out of 16 triangles are shaded.

of the square is shaded.


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Draw a Diagram ~ Practice Makes Perfect
In the tangram below, seven pieces are arranged to
form a big square. Paul used the three blue tangram
pieces to form Figure 1 below. What fraction of the
big square does Figure 1 represent?

Figure 1

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Draw a Diagram ~ Practice Makes Perfect
What fraction of the figure below is shaded?

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Let’s Remember
1. We can draw a diagram to help us solve problems
involving fractions.

2. Drawing a diagram helps us better visualise the


problem.

3. Drawing a diagram makes solving the problem …

as easy as A, B, C!
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Answers
Slides 14 and 15

1.

2.

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