Thursday · 18 June 2026
Hi Mahira
One thing to get sharper at today — on the fractions you just learnt.
Happening now
Fraction word problems — the bar model
Mathematics · with Ms. Lakshmi Krishnan
Yamuna Room · 8:30 am
14 day run
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3.1 nodes this week
vs 2.8 last week
2 of 6 skills secure
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Your week
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Equivalent fractions, revisited
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Science
Separating mixtures
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Olympiad warm-ups
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Mathematics
Comparing unlike fractions
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English
Endings that land
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Carving the lino block
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Fractions of a quantity — intro
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Rivers of India
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'The Fraction Around You' project
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Fraction word problems — the bar model
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Filtration in everyday life
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First print pull
Printmaking Studio
Practice time
Tutor practice — bar-model word problems
Yamuna Room
Mathematics
Word problems — mixed practice
Yamuna Room
English
Reading a short story
Yamuna Room
PATH · Scholar
Test a problem on a classmate
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What your teacher planned
The steps your teacher set out for the class happening now. Just so you know what's coming — there's nothing to do here.
Ms. Lakshmi Krishnan
Mathematics · Yamuna Room · 8:30 am
“Today we will turn fraction word problems into bar models — the picture before the numbers, every single time. Bring your ruler so the bars come out neat. If you get stuck, draw first and the numbers will follow.”
The plan for Fraction word problems — the bar model
45 min- 1
Read the problem twice
8 minRead it once for the story, once for the numbers. Underline the whole amount and the fraction you are asked for.
- 2
Draw the bar before any sums
14 minDraw one bar for the whole amount. The bottom number tells you how many equal parts to split it into. Do this before touching the numbers.
- 3
Take the parts you need
14 minThe top number tells you how many parts to shade and add up. Circle your answer and label what it means.
- 4
Swap and check
9 minTrade books with a partner. Can you follow their bar model without them explaining it? If not, where does it get confusing?
Hand in your work
The class tablet reads your page neatly, even when the internet is slow.
What your work is showing
A few things we noticed in the work you handed in this week — the good habits worth keeping.
Bar-model word problems — set A
Mathematics · 17 June
You set up the bar model first every single time this week — before reaching for the numbers. That one habit is exactly what is making these word problems click.
Comparing unlike fractions
Mathematics · 16 June
You stopped guessing and started choosing your method — common denominator when the numbers were friendly, otherwise the picture. That is real decision-making, not luck.
Fraction hunt — notes
PATH · Scholar · 16 June
Your cricket-over example is genuinely clever — it shows you can spot a fraction hiding in real life, not just on a worksheet. That is the spark this project is for.
Lino block — first carving
PATH · Artist · 16 June
Your carving lines are getting bolder and more deliberate. A real voice is starting to show in your printmaking — keep trusting those bigger marks.
Your skill path
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Your AI tutor
Practise today's topic at your own pace. Your tutor gives hints, not answers, and leaves the big calls to your teacher.
Fraction word problems — the bar model
If you get stuck
Your tutor only helps with today’s topic. The bigger calls — and your marks — always stay with your teacher.
Think of the fraction as an instruction, not a number
A fraction in a word problem is really a two-step instruction, hiding in plain sight.
The bottom number says: cut the whole thing into this many equal pieces.
The top number says: now take this many of those pieces. That's all “three-quarters of something” is asking you to do.
Start small: what is one-half of 8 pencils?
- 1Bottom number is 2 — so cut 8 pencils into 2 equal groups. Each group has 4.
- 2Top number is 1 — so take 1 of those groups.
The move, in one line
Draw the bar first. Split it by the bottom number. Take the top number. The same three steps work every single time.
Questions to think about
Your tutor asks these to help you work it out — it won’t just tell you.
In “three-quarters of 12 laddoos,” which number tells you how many equal pieces to cut, and which tells you how many to take?
Before doing any sums — what is the whole here, and how many equal parts should it become?
If you split 12 into 4 equal parts, how many laddoos sit in each part?
Working through it, one at a time
Ask your teacherQuestion 3 of 3
A shopkeeper sold five-sixths of a 48 kg sack of rice before noon. How many kilograms were sold?
The denominator is 6 — so this time the bar splits into 6 equal parts, not 5.
What is 48 shared equally into 6 parts?
Five-sixths means take 5 of those 6 equal parts — leave just one behind.
You've tried three different ways on this one. I've let Ms. Krishnan know exactly where you're stuck — choosing how many parts to split into — so she can help you in the next class. Let's stop here for now; you've done some really good thinking.
Find fractions hiding in everyday life at home and around school, then turn three of them into clear word problems with worked bar-model answers — a little set of problems you could hand to a classmate.
The big question
Where do fractions of an amount really show up — and can I explain one so clearly that a friend never gets stuck?
Your steps
2/4Collect 5 real-life fraction situations
Recipe quantities, a cricket over, sharing rotis, a sale discount, water in a bottle.
Draft three word problems
Each one a 'fraction of a quantity', with realistic numbers.
Solve each with a bar model
Show the picture, not just the answer — the move you practised.
Test on a classmate, then revise
Watch where they get stuck; rewrite the confusing one.
Ms. Lakshmi Krishnan
“Your fraction hunt is really sharp, Mahira — the cricket-over one is lovely. Now let the bar models do the talking: someone should get it without you there to explain. That's what takes this from “Got it” to “Really nailed it”.”
In your own words
What felt hard today?
Deciding how many parts to split the bar into when the bottom number changed from 4 to 6. I kept splitting into the wrong number.
What changed once it clicked?
I draw the bar before I read the numbers. The denominator tells me the cuts — I stopped guessing.
What do you want to try next?
Write a line when you’re ready…