Watch: How to do you write a fraction?
Written fractions are made up of two parts, the numerator and the denominator.
Find out more about writing fractions with this video.
Wait a minute, aren't there normally more sea lions than this?
Ooops! Guess a fraction of the sea lions were hidden in the water.
Fractions - there were 3 sea lions in the water, and nine in total so 3 ninths of the sea lions were in the water.
3 over 9 – that's how you write a fraction.
The numerator is the number of objects we're thinking about, like the 3 sea lions in the water, and the denominator is the total number of objectsthere are 9 sea lions in all.
Looks to me like one ninth of the sea lions is a massive show-off! Hahaha, oh dear!
Activity 1
Practise writing fractions with the activities and quiz below.
Activity 2
Activity 3
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