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Primary 5

Fraction word problems

Word problems with a fraction of a fraction, money and measures. Each animation draws the bar model first, then writes the working step by step.

8 episodes 3 min in all

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Episode 1

Girls with spectacles

Find the girls first: 2 of the 5 parts. Then take 5/656 of the girls.
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0:25

Episode 2

Lynn’s magazine

After the storybook, 5 of the 6 parts are left. 1/515 of those 5 parts is 1 part.
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0:27

Episode 3

Faridah’s cookies

Take the coconut cookies away first. Peanut is 2/525 of what is left, and the rest is chocolate.
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0:26

Episode 4

Boys at the zoo

The children are 3 of the 7 parts. 2 parts are girls, so 1 part is boys.
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0:23

Episode 5

Ms Mok’s shoes

Cut $760 into 4 equal parts. The handbag is 1 part, and the shoes are 1 of the 3 parts left.
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0:25

Episode 6

James’s desserts

The food is 2 parts, so 1 part is $9. The desserts are 1/414 of that last part.
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0:21

Episode 7

A quarter of the number

Find the whole number first: 5 parts of 24. Then cut it into 4 parts.
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0:35

Episode 8

A plot of land

Perimeter: walk around the outside and add the 4 sides. Area: length × width.