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Fair Sharing or Equal Parts

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The student must be able to divide shapes into two and four equal parts. Students must be able to solve equal sharing problems arising in everyday life and describe the shares using the words halves, fourths, and quarters and the phrases half of, fourth of, and quarter of. 

Example


Four friends want to share this pizza. On your own paper, draw lines to show how the friends could cut the pizza into equal pieces. Explain your example and describe the part each friend would eat.  

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Digital Tools


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  Fractions Shoot

  Equal Parts  

  Fabulous Fractions 

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TEKS


1.6 Geometry and measurement. The student applies mathematical process standards to analyze attributes of two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional solids to develop generalizations about their properties. The student is expected to:

(G) partition two-dimensional figures into two and four fair shares or equal parts and describe the parts using words

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