Primary 5 Fractions

Penny.lj.ying SG

My bf's sister is in Primary 5 this year and she sucks at fractions. Their mum is asking to try to coach her. Any idea what i can do to help her understand better? It doesn't help that i take 2 hours to explain one question to her and she still doesn't get it...

wee_ws SG

Hi,

Do find out deeply what difficulty she is facing. It is important to get to the root of the problem. Thanks!

Cheers,
Wen Shih

ksp SG

i tink ya can try da no ans no lollipop method. Alternatively, ya can let her eat pig brain or if u r seekin a cheaper method, i suggest u threaten 2 beat her up if she cant ans

kopiosatu SG

use a box and show lor

cut it to pieces.

Only-Way-4-Destiny! SG

Draw models. Thats the best for fractions.

SBS261P SG

u can use real life example to illustrate... one of the simplest is use coin / money lor.

use real life example so that she can link to reality / visualise... it's the same method as analogy... simplifying the thing to make it easier to understand...

Penny.lj.ying SG

try already..no use!

ADsolutE SG

how's about getting her to explain to u instead?

find out what is her way of understanding of fraction 1st

Penny.lj.ying SG

hmm..that's a big problem..i think because me and her are always joking around..she finds it quite hard to stay serious

so whenever i try explaining to her...she ends up laughing and simply forgets about whatever i just said...

nganmatthias SG

Make your 'student' rewrite the fraction equation again and again with workings and not only like this: 5/8 + 6/8 = 11/8 = 1 3/8. NO!

And don't joke with her. Calm yourself down.

charlize SG

Do it the hard way then.

No TV/PSP/HP if she doesn't try to learn it.

Master -_- SG

these type of things..u must find out something she likes and associate it with the problems..

If she likes High School Musical, incorporate the characters or plots inside..for example, that blond guy (i dunno the name) got 6 basketballs etc

worked for me when i was tutoring pri school kids..

charlize SG

these type of things..u must find out something she likes and associate it with the problems..

If she likes High School Musical, incorporate the characters or plots inside..for example, that blond guy (i dunno the name) got 6 basketballs etc

worked for me when i was tutoring pri school kids..

Zac Efron?

Master -_- SG

Zac Efron?

oh yeah..you should know better

charlize SG

oh yeah..you should know better

If not Zac Efron then Jason Mendonca ah?

Master -_- SG

If not Zac Efron then Jason Mendonca ah?

I think it was Jason Bateman

Penny.lj.ying SG

haha~okay...thanks for the suggestions...the High school musical thingy could work out...but restricting her to tv will NEVER work..think somehow she'll a little too spoilt? But i did tell her how lucky she is...

My mum made me sit in front of the tv..and i meant looking at the tv set not tv shows...while the rest of the family watched tv in one room, and another few of them in another on the computer(hopefully not porn...my siblings all guys)