Introduction
Finding simple fractions of a number is easy.
To find one tenth of a number, you simply divide it by 10.
To find one sixth of a number, you simply divide it by 6.
To find one quarter of a number, you simply divide it by 4.
To find one half of a number, you simply divide it by 2.
Examples
There are 16 strawberries here.
Example 1
What would half of those strawberries be?
Answer
To find a half, we divide by 2.
16 ÷ 2 = 8 strawberries
Example 2
What would one eighth of those strawberries be?
Answer
To find one eighth, we divide by 8.
16 ÷ 8 = 2 strawberries
Example 3
How many strawberries would there be in a quarter of the number?
Answer
To find one quarter, we divide by 4.
16 ÷ 4 = 4 strawberries
Are you happy with all that?
