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Chapter 11: Grandmother's Quilt
A quilt is made of tiles. Counting tiles helps us see fractions of the whole and to reason about area.
Learning outcomes
- Spot tile patterns and fractions of a whole
- Reason about area through tiles
Activities
- Design a 4x4 quilt with two colours
Worked examples
Read through these first, then try the practice below.
Example 1 — Fraction of a quilt
A quilt has 16 squares; 4 are red. What fraction of the quilt is red?
Solution: 4/16, which simplifies to 1/4.
Example 2 — Area in tiles
A rectangular patch is 3 tiles long and 5 tiles wide. How many tiles does it cover?
Solution: 3 × 5 = 15 tiles.
Self-do practice
Question 1 of 3 · Score 0/0Out of 20 tiles, 5 are blue. What fraction is blue (in simplest form)?
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