Equal Areas: Unit Fractions
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Equal Areas: Unit Fractions
Partition shapes into equal areas: six shapes cut into 2 to 8 parts with equal areas, some of different shapes. Write each part as a unit fraction of the whole. Grade 3, with an answer key.
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Equal Parts, Different ShapesA teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.- Pages
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Split circles, squares and rectangles into equal parts, tell equal parts from unequal ones, name the parts halves, thirds and fourths, cut a rectangle into rows and columns of squares, and see that equal parts of the same whole can have different shapes.
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How to use this sheet
- Fold paper shapes in halves and fourths before the sheet so "equal parts" is something the child has done.
- Ask the child to check each shape: are all the parts the same size?
- Use the words half, third and fourth while sharing food, such as a sandwich or a pizza.
Common mistakes
- Calling any shape cut into two parts "halves", even if the parts are not equal. Equal size is what makes a half.
- Thinking a fourth is bigger than a half because 4 is bigger than 2. More parts means smaller parts.
- Thinking halves must look the same shape. Two parts of different shapes can still be equal halves if they are the same size.
