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Fraction Pizza Challenge

Sharing fairly, one slice at a time

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Before you start

One pizza. Lots of ways to share it. Colour, cut and compare — there is no rush and no right speed.

  • Colouring pencils
  • Scissors if you'd like to hold the slices

Colour the fraction

1/2
1/4
1/3
3/4
2/3
5/8
7/8
2/4
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Equivalent slices

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Match the slices that cover the same amount

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Talk about it

Which slice would you choose, and why?
Is 3/4 always bigger than 2/3? How could you show it?
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Kitchen fractions

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Find a fraction in your kitchen

  • Half of something
  • A quarter of something
  • Something shared between three
  • Something cut into eighths

What we noticed