Geometry and Fractions: Shapes and Parts · Geometry

Partitioning and Equal Shares

Dividing circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares and using fractional language.

Key Questions

  1. 1What does it mean for shares to be 'equal' in a geometric shape?
  2. 2Why does the size of each share get smaller as we divide the whole into more parts?
  3. 3Can the same shape be partitioned into fourths in different ways?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.2.G.A.3
Grade: 2nd Grade
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Geometry and Fractions: Shapes and Parts
Period: Geometry

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