How it works
Different fractions can name the same size.
Line the bars up and see where they end.
2/8 is the same size as 1/4, and 4/4 is the same size as 1 whole.
Worked examples
Are they the same?
- Are 4/4 and 3/4 the same size?
- 4/4 is a whole bar. 3/4 is not all of it.
- They end in different places.
- So the answer is No.
Another name
- Write another name for 2/8.
- 2 of 8 equal parts is the same as 1 of 4.
- Each fourth is two eighths.
- So the answer is 1/4.
A whole
- Write another name for 4/4.