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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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