Construct a whole when given a part and the number of parts | Maths

Starter quiz

What is the missing label in this bar model?

'whole' ✓
Look at the sequence of months. Which season is missing?

Spring

Summer

Autumn ✓

Winter
What is the name of this shape?

'triangle' ✓
What is the name of this shape?

Pentagon

Hexagon ✓

Square

Oblong
Complete the sentence. 90 is made of ______ groups of 10

'9' ✓
How many 10s are there in 50?

'5' ✓

Exit quiz

Thinking about the parts, which of these wholes is the odd one out?
Thinking about the parts, which of these wholes is the odd one out?
Strip A is made up of 3 equal parts. Strip B is made up of 4 equal parts. Which strip is the longest?

Strip A

Strip B ✓
How many equal parts does each numeral have?

'5' ✓
The curves and straights in the track are the same length. Which circuit is longer?

'B' ✓
The curves and straights in the track are the same length. Which circuit is longer?

'A' ✓

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Key learning points

If you know one part and how many parts there are we can construct the whole.
If you know that the part is one out of 4 equal parts we can draw the whole.
The whole can be one shape or a group of objects.

Common misconception

Children might think that any shape they draw around or use is a whole and the new shapes they create represent lots of wholes joined together.

Ensure the children understand that a whole can be anything and can change as you add parts to it. A piggy bank is a good analogy for this as you are constantly adding money to the whole and it is made up of many parts.

Keywords

Whole - The whole is all the parts or everything, the total amount.
Part - A part is some of the whole.
Construct - Constructing something involves making something by joining parts together.