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one-third 1 of a collection
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Riya bought a bunch of one dozen bananas. She wants to distribute these bananas among
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3 monkeys, so, the share of each monkey will be of the collection. For this, she divides
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the bunch into three equal parts as shown.
1 means 1 out of 3 equal parts, i.e., one-third of 12 bananas is 4 bananas.
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So, of 12 = 4 or 12 ÷ 3 = 4 .
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i.e., one-third of 12 bananas is 4 bananas.
Thus, each monkey gets 4 bananas.
Note
one-fourth 1 of a collection 1 dozen = 12 bananas
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Sheetal has a collection of 16 soft toys.
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She distributes them among her 4 sisters. Each sister gets one-fourth of the collection.
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One-fourth means 1 part out of 4 equal parts.
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So, of 16 or 16 ÷ 4 = 4, i.e.,
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one -fourth of 16 is 4.
Thus, each sister gets 4 soft toys.
Remember
To find half of a collection, we
Think and Answer divide it by 2.
To find one-third of a collection,
A watermelon is divided into 8 equal we divide it by 3.
parts. Find one–fourth of it. What part of the To find one-fourth of a
watermelon is eaten if you eat all 8 parts?
collection, we divide it by 4.
Practice time 6B
1. Colour the following according to the given fractions.
1 2
(a) (b) 1 (c)
2 3 3
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