Exploring Fractions: Partitioning Shapes into Halves and Thirds

What is required for a shape's division to be considered a fraction?

• The pieces must be of different sizes.

• The shape must be divided into two parts.

• The shape must be a circle.

• Each piece must be equal in size.

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CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

What fraction of the circle does one person have if it's divided into three equal parts?

• Three fourths

• Two thirds

• One third

• One half

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CCSS.2.G.A.3

How many parts make up a whole when a circle is divided into thirds?

• Three

• Four

• Two

• Five

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CCSS.2.G.A.3

What is the correct way to write a fraction?

• Two numbers side by side

• A number on top and bottom with a circle in the middle

• A number on top and bottom with a line in the middle

• A number on top and bottom with a square in the middle

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CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

What does having three thirds of a circle represent?

• Half of the circle

• One fourth of the circle

• One third of the circle

• The whole circle

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CCSS.2.G.A.3

If a rectangle is divided into two equal parts, what fraction does each part represent?

• Three fourths

• Two thirds

• One half

• One third

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CCSS.1.G.A.3

What fraction represents the whole shape?

• Two halves

• Three thirds

• Four fourths

• All of the above

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CCSS.2.G.A.3

How many fourths of the circle do the sisters have if one piece is given to each?

• One fourth

• Four fourths

• Two fourths

• Three fourths

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CCSS.1.G.A.3

What does one fourth of a circle represent?

• Three quarters of the circle

• The whole circle

• Half of the circle

• A quarter of the circle

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CCSS.1.G.A.3

If a circle is divided into four parts, how many parts does one person have?

• One part

• Three parts

• Two parts

• Four parts

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CCSS.1.G.A.3