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Partitioning an Object or Set of Objects Using Pictorial Representations

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Students must be able to solve a word problem that requires them to share equal parts of an object such as a candy bar or bag of stickers.

Example

Emma wants to give an equal amount of stickers to each of her 3 friends. Draw a picture on your paper to show the fractional amount each of the 3 friends will receive. How do you know your picture is correct? 

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Supporting Standard

 3.3 Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to represent and explain fractional units. The student is expected to:

(E) solve problems by partitioning an object or a set of objects among two or more recipients using pictorial representations of fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8

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