Exploring Halves and Quarters in Fractions

The video tutorial introduces the concept of fractions using a pizza as a visual aid. It explains the idea of halves and quarters by dividing the pizza into equal parts. The tutorial further explores how to represent fractions through shading examples on different shapes. Finally, it demonstrates how to arrange fractions on a number line, emphasizing the comparison of different fractions from smallest to largest.

What does a fraction represent?

• A multiplication of two numbers

• A part of a group or a whole

• A division by zero

• A complete object

If you divide a pizza into two equal parts, each part is called?

• A quarter

• A third

• A half

• A whole

How many quarters make a half?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

If a shape is divided into 4 parts and 1 part is shaded, what fraction does the shaded part represent?

• 1/2

• 3/4

• 2/4

• 1/4

What fraction is represented when 3 out of 4 parts are shaded?

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 2/4

• 3/4

What does 2 out of 4 parts shaded represent?

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 3/4

• 2/3

In a set of 8 parts, if 2 are shaded, what fraction does it represent?

• 3/8

• 2/8

• 1/2

• 1/4

What fraction is represented by shading one side of an object divided into 8 parts?

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 3/4

• 4/8

On a number line, which fraction comes immediately after zero?

• 3/4

• 1

• 1/2

• 1/4

Which fraction is larger, 1/2 or 3/4?

• 3/4

• Cannot be determined

• 1/2

• They are equal