Fraction as Sharing

The video tutorial introduces the concept of fractions through everyday examples. It begins with sharing chocolate pieces equally among four people, illustrating division. The tutorial then explains dividing a whole into halves using a chocolate slab and paper folding. It progresses to quartering a cake for a birthday party and sharing ice cream among family members, demonstrating fractions like 1/4 and 3/4. Finally, it covers dividing a pizza into eighths for a group of children. The video concludes by defining fractions, numerators, and denominators.

If you have 16 candies and 4 friends, how many candies does each friend get if shared equally?

• 2 candies

• 3 candies

• 5 candies

• 4 candies

When a chocolate slab is divided equally between two people, what fraction of the slab does each person get?

• 1/4

• 1/5

• 1/2

• 1/3

If a cake is divided into four equal parts, what is each part called?

• Half

• Third

• Eighth

• Quarter

How many equal parts should a pizza be divided into if it is to be shared among 8 children?

• 9 parts

• 8 parts

• 7 parts

• 6 parts

In a fraction, what is the term for the number on the bottom?

• Numerator

• Denominator

• Fraction

• Divider