Maths Explorations: Fractions

Students become mathematical adventurers in these challenging and engaging activities designed to deepen and extend their understanding of concepts from the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics. The investigations in this book stretch students’ mathematical imaginations to their limits as they solve puzzles, create stories and explore fraction-related concepts that take them from the mathematics of ancient Greece to the outer reaches of infinity. Each activity comes with extensive support for classroom implementation including learning goals, discussion guides, detailed solutions and suggestions for extending the investigation.

The Maths Explorations series provides teachers with the perfect resource to extend students’ learning with the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics. Each exploration in this book, and the series, is tailored to engage students in the mathematics content, as well as promote the use of practical skills. While these activities have not been designed to correlate directly with Australian Curriculum: Mathematics content descriptions, the knowledge and skills that students develop as they learn curriculum content form the basis of their understanding in approaching the explorations here.

The activities in this book are the ideal extension for gifted students using the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics, and will ensure that advanced learners remain engaged with their work in the classroom while practising essential skills.