Week 2 Quarter 3
Visualizing and representing divides a whole into halves and fourths and identifies ½ and ¼ of a whole object.
A fraction is used to represent the portion of the whole thing. It represents the equal parts of the whole a fraction has two parts, namely numerator and denominator the number on the top is called the numerator, and the number on the bottom is called the denominator.
1
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2
Numerator
Denominator
One half
One half
Two halves make a whole
This is the one HALF (½) of the pizza
This is the ¾ of the pizza
This is ¼ of the pizza
Let’s check your knowledge
Shade ½ of each shape RED