Fractions as parts of shapes
Partition shapes into parts with equal areas and express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole
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“If you ask your child to fold a square piece of paper into 8 equal parts, can they tell you what fraction of the whole square each part represents?”
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- Activity. Partition shapes into parts with equal areas and express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole
What to notice. Partition a rectangle into 6 equal-area parts and label each 1/6 • Show two different ways to partition a square into 4 equal parts • Given a pre-partitioned shape, write the unit fraction for one part
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If you ask your child to fold a square piece of paper into 8 equal parts, can they tell you what fraction of the whole square each part represents?
Partition shapes into parts with equal areas and express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole
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- Partition a rectangle into 6 equal-area parts and label each 1/6
- Show two different ways to partition a square into 4 equal parts
- Given a pre-partitioned shape, write the unit fraction for one part
“If you ask your child to fold a square piece of paper into 8 equal parts, can they tell you what fraction of the whole square each part represents?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Fractions
- Age range
- Ages 8–9