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Paper Fraction Shapes

Oliver and Jarrah are preparing paper shapes for a museum display. A fraction names equal parts of one whole. The bottom number tells how many equal parts make the whole; the top number tells how many parts are being counted. Work through the puzzles, then design a paper shape of your own.

Read the paper shapes

Look carefully at each fraction bar. The shaded parts are the pieces Oliver has coloured.

1.A unit fraction names one equal part of a whole. Which is a unit fraction?

2.Jarrah folds a paper strip into 4 equal parts. What fraction is one part?

3.The bar shows one shaded piece. Write the fraction that is shaded.

4.Oliver colours 2 equal pieces of this paper shape. What fraction of the whole is coloured? Write your answer using the total number of equal pieces as the denominator.

5.True or false? If a shape is split into 4 equal parts, each part is one quarter of the whole.

TrueFalse

6.Fill in the missing number: Two quarters are written as 2/.

7.Match each fraction name to the number of equal parts in the whole.

Halves
Thirds
Quarters

3 equal parts
2 equal parts
4 equal parts

8.Complete the number sentence: 1/2 + 1/2 = whole.

9.Design a paper shape for the museum display. Draw one whole shape, divide it into 4 equal parts, and shade 1 part. Label the shaded part with a fraction.

10.Explain why the parts of a paper shape must be equal before we can name them as fractions of that whole.