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one-third 1 of a collection
3
Riya bought one dozen bananas. She wants to distribute the bananas among 3 monkeys,
1
so the share of each monkey is of the collection.
3
1 means 1 out of 3 equal parts, that is one-third of 12 bananas is 4 bananas.
3
1
So, of 12 = 4 or 12 ÷ 3 = 4 .
3
that is one-third of 12 bananas is 4 bananas.
Thus, each monkey gets 4 bananas.
Be Aware
one-fourth 1 of a collection 1 dozen = 12 units
4
Sheetal has a collection of 16 soft toys.
1
She distributes them among her 4 sisters. Each sister gets one-fourth of the collection.
4
1
One-fourth means 1 part out of 4 equal parts.
4
1
So, of 16 or 16 ÷ 4 = 4, i.e.,
4
one -fourth of 16 is 4.
Thus, each sister gets 4 soft toys.
Math Insight
Think Tank Critical Thinking To find half of a collection, we
divide it by 2.
A watermelon is divided into 8 equal To find one-third of a collection,
parts. Find one–fourth of it. What we divide it by 3.
part of the watermelon is eaten if you eat all 8 To find one-fourth of a
parts? collection, we divide it by 4.
Practice time 6B
1. Colour the objects according to the fractions.
1 2
(a) (b) 1 (c)
2 3 3
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