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    This document provides instruction on fractions involving halves. It defines halves as splitting something into two equal parts. It gives examples of halving even numbers and sets. It discusses how halves can be shown as decimals or percentages. It also addresses equivalent fractions that are equal to one half, such as four eighths. Finally, it covers fractions greater than one, like three halves, by having more than one whole.

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    This document provides instruction on fractions involving halves. It defines halves as splitting something into two equal parts. It gives examples of halving even numbers and sets. It discusses how halves can be shown as decimals or percentages. It also addresses equivalent fractions that are equal to one half, such as four eighths. Finally, it covers fractions greater than one, like three halves, by having more than one whole.

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    This document provides instruction on fractions involving halves. It defines halves as splitting something into two equal parts. It gives examples of halving even numbers and sets. It discusses how halves can be shown as decimals or percentages. It also addresses equivalent fractions that are equal to one half, such as four eighths. Finally, it covers fractions greater than one, like three halves, by having more than one whole.

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    Using halves.

    Stg 5

    props & rats

    Name: _________________________

    Halves, for some reason, are the easiest fraction for folks to get their heads around. If someone asks you to
    chop a muffin in half to share with your sister/brother and they choose you can bet your halving will be
    microscopically accurate. On that note, have a look at these shapes Use a ruler to see if you can draw a

    line through that chops them exactly in half. Both sides must be equal. (You might find there
    is more than one way to chop it up just choose one)

    Lets have a closer look at what a half is as a number. Its kind of special in that it has its own name for a start
    theres no such thing as twoths! (Although there should be, it sounds awesome).

    The top number (the numerator) tells you its one part.
    The bottom bit (the denominator) tells you its been chopped into
    2 parts.

    1
    2

    N.B. Halves can be shown as a decimal or a percentage as well:

    1
    2

    = 2

    = 0.5 = 50%

    Heres a question though can you have halves of numbers or sets? Well, of course you can!
    Any even number can easily be halved try halving some of these cheeky little fellas here:

    

    

    

    1/2 of 6 = __

    
    

    
    

    
    
    

    
    

    1/2 of 8 = __
    1/2 of 12 = __

    1/2 of 16 = __

    OK, this time without pictures: (You can use counters if you get stuck)

    1. 1/2 of 18 = ___

    2. 1/2 of 20 = ___

    3. 1/2 of 26 = ___

    4. 1/2 of 28 = ___

    5. 1/2 of 14 = ___

    6. 1/2 of 28 = ___

    7. 1/2 of 4 = ___

    8. 1/2 of 46 = ___

    9. 1/2 of 42 = ___

    One half in Te Reo Mori is kotahi haurua.

    Dave Moran 2015

    Using halves. Stg E6

    props & rats

    Name: _________________________

    The many names of half when we were chopping numbers in half, a thought may have occurred to you if I
    can say 4 is half of 8 (for example) can I also say that 4/8ths is the same as ? How very insightful, you clever
    thing! Yes, you can say that. These are called equivalent fractions. See if you can figure out whether these
    fractions are equivalent to or not: (Tip: odd numbers are tricky to halve)

    = 1
    2

    True
    False

    4 eighths

    True

    = 1
    2

    False

    1
    2

    True

    False

    True

    1
    2

    7 = 1
    2
    14

    True

    9 = 1
    2
    18

    True

    False

    False

    False

    1 third

    5 elevenths

    1
    2

    True

    1
    2

    True

    False

    2 quarters

    6 tenths

    False

    6 twelfths

    3 = 1
    2
    7

    True

    50 = 1
    2
    100

    True

    False

    False

    12 = 1
    2
    24

    True

    9 = 1
    2
    19

    True

    False

    False

    Heres a thought. Can you have a fraction that is more than one whole? You sure can, but naturally, you need
    another whole. We know 2 halves (2/2) is the whole thing. So what would 3/2 look like? The circles are still
    chopped into halves, but now there is a whole circle plus another piece.

    Shade

    Shade

    3
    2
    5
    2

    Shade

    4
    2

    Shade

    7
    2

    I could also figure out how many halves would be in a mixed fraction.
    Say I had 1 and 1/2 pies. How many halves is that? I can see 1/2, and I know there are 2 halves in the whole pie.
    So 2 + 1 = 3. There are 3 halves, or 3/2

    a.
    b.
    c.
    d.
    e.

    2 1/2 =
    3 1/2 =
    5 1/2 =
    7 1/2 =
    4 2/2 =

    (4/2 + 1/2) = ____ (Tip: when adding fractions, leave the denominator, just add the tops)
    (6/2 + 1/2) = ____ (Show your answers as an improper fraction)
    (10/2 + 1/2) = ____
    Slightly useless fact: In the old days to halve something
    (14/2 + 1/2) = ____
    simply meant to divide it up. Now we use it to talk about
    splitting something into precisely 2 equal parts
    (8/2 + 2/2) = ____
    Dave Moran 2015

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