Sharing and Measuring

Which part of the paper you would have chosen—one half or two quarters? Why?

Do you think Ikra shared the paper equally? Why? Try with a paper.

How do you know that the paper has been divided equally?

Why do you think Samina chose two quarters of the paper?

In how many different ways can you fold/cut a rectangular paper in two equal parts? Try it with a rectangular paper.

Now try to draw and show five different ways in which we can fold/ cut a rectangle into four equal parts (1/4 or quarter).

What is Sumedha observing about her share as each guest comes in?

In which situation will Sumedha get to eat more dhokla: when shared among 9 people or 11 people?

How many pieces of 1/6 would make a complete dhokla?

What would be Sumedha's share, if Idha and Vinayak both give their share of dhokla to her?

How much dhokla would each person get if it was shared equally among 6 people? Try also with 8 people. Who will get the bigger pieces of dhokla? Draw and explain.

Shade a portion of the dhokla to represent the fraction Sumedha would get when the dhokla is shared equally among the given number of people. Discuss why the fractions get smaller.

2 people
Sumedha’s share = $\frac{1}{2}$
Half

3 people
Sumedha’s share = $\frac{1}{3}$
One-third

4 people
Sumedha’s share = ___

5 people
Sumedha’s share = ___

8 people
Sumedha’s share = ___

9 people
Sumedha’s share = ___

Sumedha noticed that when a whole is equally divided in a larger number of parts, each part gets smaller. Do you agree with Sumedha?

Sumedha says, "When I join 5 pieces of 1/5, it makes a whole dhokla." Try to do it yourself with your fraction kit.

____ is greater than ____ (1/5, 1/4).

____ > ____ (1/9, 1/6).

____ is smaller than ____ (____, ____).

Yesterday Mummy asked to divide a box of barfis into four equal parts. There are 16 barfis in the box. Draw a picture of 16 barfis and find 1/4 of the whole. How many barfis are in each part?

Observe your surroundings and think of situations where we use fractions and write any two of them.

Take another piece of paper and try the same starting with two equal parts, and halving every time. Share the findings with your friends. 1/2 = 2/4 = ___ = ___