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1 Riana, Winston, Leon and Jade each took a piece of paper. They folded it and coloured some of the parts. Riana’s piece of paper was folded into 2 equal parts. She coloured 1 of the equal parts. She coloured one half of the paper. 1 __ 2 1 __ 2 Winston’s piece of paper was folded into 6 equal parts. He coloured 3 of the equal parts. He coloured three-sixths of the paper. 1 __ 6 1 __ 6 1 __ 6 1 __ 6 1 __ 6 1 __ 6 Leon’s piece of paper was folded into 8 equal parts. He coloured 4 of the equal parts. He coloured four-eighths of the paper. 1 __ 8 1 __ 8 1 __ 8 1 __ 8 1 __ 8 1 __ 8 1 __ 8 1 __ 8 Jade’s piece of paper was folded into 10 equal parts. She coloured 5 of the equal parts. She coloured five-tenths of the paper.
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Fractions that have the same value but different numerators and denominators are called equivalent fractions . 1 __ 2 = 3 __ 6 = 4 __ 8 = 5 ___ 10 Equivalent fractions can be found by multiplying the numerator and denominator by the same number.
Multiplying the numerator and the denominator by the same
× 3
× 5
1 2
3 6
1 2
5 10
number results in an equivalent fraction.
× 3
× 5
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