📄 Part 1: Paper Folding Activity

Materials needed: 1 square piece of paper (15cm x 15cm works well)

Step 1: Take your square paper. This represents 1 whole (1/1).

Step 2: Fold the paper in half horizontally. Open it up. How many equal parts do you see? Write the fraction: _______

Step 3: Now fold the paper in half vertically. Open it up completely. How many equal parts do you see now? Write the fraction for each part: _______

Step 4: Fold the paper diagonally both ways to create 8 triangular sections. Open it up. How many equal parts do you see? Write the fraction for each part: _______

1. Looking at your folded paper, which fractions represent the same amount of space?

1/2 and 2/4

1/4 and 2/8

1/2 and 4/8

1/1 and 8/8

2. If you colour in 2 out of your 8 sections, what fraction have you coloured?

2/8

1/4

Both 2/8 and 1/4 are correct

6/8

🔍 Part 2: Equivalent Fractions Discovery

3. Using your folded paper as a guide, complete these equivalent fraction pairs:

a) 1/2 = ___/4 = ___/8

b) 1/4 = ___/8

c) 3/4 = ___/8

4. Circle the fractions that are equivalent to 1/2:

2/4

3/8

4/8

1/4

5. Look at your paper. If you fold it to show 1/4, how many of the smallest sections (eighths) would that include? ____

6. True or False: 3/4 is the same as 6/8

True

False

7. Explain how your origami folding helped you understand equivalent fractions:

🎨 Part 3: Creative Challenge

8. Design your own origami fraction model! Fold your paper into 6 equal parts. Draw your folding pattern below and write what fraction each part represents:

Each part represents: _______

9. Using your 6-part model, show that 1/2 = 3/6 by colouring the appropriate sections above.

10. Challenge: Can you think of another way to fold paper to show that 1/3 = 2/6? Describe your method: