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 ADDING AND SUBTRACTING
FRACTIONS
You can So to Add or
only add
and
add or subtract
subtract subtract the top
fractions numbers
when fractions Example
1/2 + 1/3
the
bottom
: = 3/6 +
numbers 2/6 = 5/6
are the
same 7/10 - 2/5
Change the = 7/10 -
fractions so they 4/10 =
have the same 3/10
 Symmetry
A rectangle can be
rotated about its If a shape
centre by half a turn. only fits into
You can place a
The result looks itself once, it
mirror along a line
exactly like the has no
of symmetry and
original rectangle. We rotational
get an exact copy
call this rotational symmetry.
of the original
symmetry.
shape. You can
also fold along the
line and find that
one half of the
shape will fit A tracing of this
exactly into the star fits the star
other. in exactly five
Another name for a mirror different ways.
line is a line of symmetry.
This kind of symmetry can We say that the
also be called 'reflective star has
symmetry'. rotational
 Place value and ordering decimals

Decimal place values

Decimals We use a decimal point to separate units from parts of a

whole (like tenths, hundredths, thousandths, etc).

0.1 is a tenth, 1/10 of a unit

0.01 is a hundredth, 1/100 of a unit
0.001 is a thousandth. 1/1000 of a unit
In 52.13, the value of the figure 1 is 1/10 , and the value of
the figure 3 is 3/100.

Ordering decimals
When ordering numbers, always compare the left digits first.

Eg Which is greater, 2.301 or 2.32?

Units Tenths Hundredths Thousandths

2 . 3 0 1
2 . 3 2
Both numbers have two units and three tenths, but 2.301 has
no hundredths, whereas 2.32 has two hundredths. Therefore,
2.32 is greater than 2.301.

Adding a zero

Another way to look at it is to add a zero to the end of 2.32

(this doesn't change its value as it's after the decimal point).

The two numbers are now 2.320 and 2.301 and it is quite
easy to see that 2.320 is bigger (just as 2 320 is bigger than 2