This video explains how a problem sum involving a simple fraction can be solved using model-drawing

1. Solving Problem Sums with
Simple Fractions
By Mr Sargunan
For question posed by
Krystal Low (3 Kindness)

2. of the pupils at a canteen are boys .If there
are 48 girls, how many boys are there at the
canteen ?
5
8

3. of the pupils at a canteen are boys .If there
are 48 girls, how many boys are there at the
canteen ?
Pupils
5
8

4. of the pupils at a canteen are boys .If there
are 48 girls, how many boys are there at the
canteen ?
Pupils
5
8

5. of the pupils at a canteen are boys .If there
are 48 girls, how many boys are there at the
canteen ?
Pupils
Boys
5
8

6. of the pupils at a canteen are boys .If there
are 48 girls, how many boys are there at the
canteen ?
Pupils
Boys Girls
5
8

7. of the pupils at a canteen are boys .If there
are 48 girls, how many boys are there at the
canteen ?
Pupils
Boys Girls
48
5
8

8. of the pupils at a canteen are boys .If there
are 48 girls, how many boys are there at the
canteen ?
3 units = 48 pupils
Pupils
Boys Girls
48
5
8

9. of the pupils at a canteen are boys .If there
are 48 girls, how many boys are there at the
canteen ?
3 units = 48 pupils
1 unit = 48 ÷ 3
= 16 pupils
Pupils
Boys Girls
48
5
8

10. of the pupils at a canteen are boys .If there
are 48 girls, how many boys are there at the
canteen ?
3 units = 48 pupils
1 unit = 48 ÷ 3
= 16 pupils
5 units = 16 x 5
= ______
Pupils
Boys Girls
48
5
8

11. of the pupils at a canteen are boys .If there
are 48 girls, how many boys are there at the
canteen ?
3 units = 48 pupils
1 unit = 48 ÷ 3
= 16 pupils
5 units = 16 x 5
= ______boys
There are ______boys at the canteen.
Pupils
Boys Girls
48
5
8