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Sharing makes a fraction
🍞loaf👧children➗divide🔢fraction
Sharing makes a fraction.
The big ideaA fraction is a division. The top number is shared by the bottom number.

How it works

A fraction is a division. The top number is shared by the bottom number.

1 loaf shared among 5 children is 1 ÷ 5 = 1/5 each.

3 loaves shared among 2 children is 3 ÷ 2, which is 1 1/2 each.

1 ÷ 5• 1 loaf, 5 children• each gets 1/53 ÷ 2• 3 loaves, 2 children• each gets 1 1/2
A fraction is a share.

Example 1: One loaf

  1. There is 1 loaf to share equally among 5 children. How much does each child get? Type it.
  2. 1 loaf shared equally among 5 children.
  3. Each gets 1 ÷ 5.
  4. So the answer is 1/5.

Example 2: The same as a division

  1. One eighth is one whole shared among 8.
  2. So one eighth is 1 ÷ 8.
  3. A fraction bar means divide.

Example 3: More than one

  1. There are 3 loaves to share equally among 2 children. How much does each child get? Type it as a mixed number.
  2. 3 loaves shared among 2 children.
  3. 3 ÷ 2 is 1 whole and 1/2 left.
  4. So the answer is 1 1/2.

Words to know

fraction
A part of a whole, or a division.
share
To divide into equal parts.

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Try it

  1. 2 pizzas shared among 4 people. How much each?
  2. 1 ÷ 3 as a fraction?
  3. 5 ÷ 2 as a mixed number?
  4. What does the bottom number of a fraction tell?
Answers: 1. 1/2 · 2. 1/3 · 3. 2 1/2 · 4. how many share it
For grown-upsShare a bar of chocolate fairly among family members and name each share as a fraction.
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