Fractions and Fair Shares
Understand fractions as representing parts of a whole and how to divide objects into fair shares.
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Fractions and Fair Shares
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions to show your understanding of fractions and fair shares.
1. Which picture shows a circle divided into two fair shares?
2. What fraction of the rectangle is shaded?
1/3
1/2
1/4
2/3
3. When an object is divided into two equal parts, each part is called a .
4. If you share 4 cookies equally among 2 friends, each friend gets cookies.
5. Draw a square and divide it into four fair shares. Shade one of the shares.
6. Explain what 'fair shares' means when you are sharing food with friends.
7. A whole pizza cut into uneven slices shows fair shares.
True
False
8. Half of a sandwich is one of two equal parts.
True
False
9. Draw lines to divide each shape into the number of fair shares shown.
Divide into 2 shares:
Divide into 4 shares: