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                  Understanding Fractions

                  An object that is complete in itself is a whole. The numeral 1 is used to show one whole
                  object. Each of the following objects represents a whole.

                            1 whole cake                       1 whole apple                      1 whole pizza

                  Most of the time we cut a whole into pieces to use or consume it.

                  Look at the following things whether the pieces are equal or unequal.

                         Equal parts             Unequal parts               Equal parts             Unequal parts

                  When a whole object is divided into equal parts, each part is called a fraction.

                          Knowledge Desk

                         The word ‘fraction’ comes from the Latin word ‘fractus’ means ‘to break’. The Sanskrit term
                         for a fraction was ‘bhinna’ which also means ‘broken’.

                  half or one-half

                  When we cut a whole thing into two                                                     +
                  equal parts, each part is called one-half.
                                            1
                  We write one-half as  .                                                    1                  1
                                            2                                                  (half)             (half)
                                                                                             2                  2
                  Here, one apple is cut into two equal

                                                                  1              1
                  parts. Both the parts are called halves           . We read   as 1 upon 2 or 1 by 2.
                                                                  2              2

                  Note that two halves make a whole.

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