Unit 13 – Working with fractions
Look at the pizza slices here.
1
Do you agree with the children?
Both children will get the same fraction of the whole pizza. The fractions have the same
1 2
2 4
value so we say they are equivalent fractions .
1 _ 2 = 2 _
4
2 Equivalent fractions represent the same fraction or proportion of the whole and share the same position on a number line.
1 4
1 4
1 4
1 4
0
1
1 4
2 4
3 4
1 8
1 8
1 8
1 8
1 8
1 8
1 8
1 8
0
1
1 8
2 8
3 8
4 8
5 8
6 8
7 8
3 _ 4 = 6 _
8
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