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Contributor: Danielle Childers. Lesson ID: 10051
You will learn about fractions of ½ and ¼ using number lines, pictures, games, and by creating your own manipulative. You will love taking a bite out of these fractions!
Imagine your favorite cookie in front of you.
MMmmmm . . .
Now, your best friend comes up and would like some of your cookie. Since you are a nice friend, you break the cookie into 2 equal parts.
Each piece is a half.
So, you and your best friend each have a half of the cookie.
Here come 2 more friends. You divide your half into 2 equal pieces, and your friend divides their piece into 2 equal pieces.
Now all 4 of you have an equal amount of cookie. Each of you has a fourth.
If you put the 4 pieces of the cookie back together, you would call that a whole because you have the whole cookie again (except maybe for some crumbs!).
Watch the video below to see friends share a candy bar and pizza.
Now, move to the Got It? section to work with more fractions!
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