Number (fractions): Beach Clean-Up

Further Challenges

• Amelia also took part in the Great British Beach Clean. She collected 36 plastic items altogether. Her items were a mixture of bottle caps, food wrappers, straws and cotton buds. What fraction of the total amount of items collected could each of these plastic items be? Can you list fractions with different denominators?
• Linked Chains is a fabulous activity on the Nrich website that will consolidate your knowledge and understanding of adding and subtracting fractions to make a whole as well as identifying equivalent fractions.