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    1.  Each of them will get _________ part(s) out of _________ equal parts.
                     2.  Can you divide each pizza into the given number of parts? Draw lines to
                          make equal parts.
                          a.  In two equal parts                             b.  In four equal parts

                          c.  In six equal parts                             d.  In eight equal parts

                UnderSTAnding FrACTionS

                Terms such as half, quarter (one-fourth), three-fourths, etc. which are used mostly in
                our daily life represent fractions. Look at the following.

                   Mother gave half of a             Rachna drank one-fourth            Anita drank three-fourths
                      chapati to Neha.                    of a glass of milk.               of a glass of water.

                A whole can be a region or a collection.

                  When the whole                                     When there is a group

                  object is one, it is                               of objects, it is called a
                  called a region.                                   collection.
                  A cake is a region                                 Apples  in a basket  form a
                  as it is one object.                               collection as they form a group of many

                  We can cut it and take one or more                 apples.  We can take  a part of this
                  parts of it.                                       collection  by  taking  out  one  or more
                                                                     apples from the basket.

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