Fraction information to accompany

The Spoons Eat Ice CreamThis is the Spoon children a few years ago!Teen was ½, Boy was 1/3, and Girl was 1/4.

Girl is ready for a growth spurt now!

1/2 1/3 1/4

Pages by Carolyn Wilhelm, Wise Owl Factory Spoon Art by Teacher’s Clip Art

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1/2

Denominator: the 2 tells into how many parts the whole has been divided (bottom number)

Numerator: the 1 tells how many of the equal parts we are talking about (top number)

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12halve

s

12

12

Pages by Carolyn Wilhelm, Wise Owl Factory Spoon Art by Teacher’s Clip Art

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1

3thirds

Denominator: the 3 tells into how many parts the whole has been divided (bottom number)

Numerator: the 1 tells how many of the equal parts we are talking about (top number)

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13

13

13

Pages by Carolyn Wilhelm, Wise Owl Factory Spoon Art by Teacher’s Clip Art

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14fourths

A quarter is another way of saying one-fourth. A 25-cent coin is called a quarter because it is one-fourth of a dollar.

Denominator: the 4 tells into how many parts the whole has been divided (bottom number)

Numerator: the 1 tells how many of the equal parts we are talking about (top number)

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14

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14

25¢Pages by Carolyn Wilhelm, Wise Owl Factory Spoon Art by Teacher’s Clip Art

halves

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thirds 13

fourths 14

Fraction Creature Art Idea

My creature is 7/12 green and 5/12 purple.

Using square pieces of paper as small as 1” X 1”, design a creature with two colors and label the fractions.