What Is a Half?
Recognise, find, and name a half as one of two equal parts of an object, shape, or quantity
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A half is one of two equal parts. If the parts are not the same size, they are not halves. We can fold a shape into two equal pieces or share a set into two equal groups.
Spend about 10 minutes folding equal halves, rejecting an unequal split, and sharing 8 objects into two equal groups.
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- Fold a shape into two equal parts and identify each as 'a half'
- Find half of 8 objects by sharing into 2 equal groups
- Identify whether a shape has been divided into halves or not (equal vs unequal parts)
“If your child is helping share a sandwich equally between two people, can they cut it so both pieces are the same size — and tell you each piece is called a half?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Fractions
- Age range
- Ages 5–6
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