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Activity: Multiplying Fractions

• Children use their Enrich school orienteering maps to locate specific control points. At each one, they record specified numbers from the control marker to create two fractions, which they then multiply.

Summary

  1. Pupils use the Enrich school orienteering map to locate their starting point and specific control points.
  2. At each control point, pupils fill in specified numbers from the control marker on their Activity Sheet to create two fractions.
  3. They then multiply the two fractions and record their answer on their Activity Sheet.

    Key Facts

  • Maths
  • Key Stage 2
  • Key Stage 3
  • Fractions
  • Orienteering Control Markers Required
  • Orienteering Map Required
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