Today in math, we started learning about fractions with the help of fraction strips! Each person got one bag of fraction strips. (1 whole, 2 halves, 3 thirds, 4 fourths, 5 fifths, 6 sixths, 8 eighths, 10 tenths, & 12 twelves.) Some people used them for math but others didn't. With the fraction strips, we found out that one half was equal to two fourths, or that two halves was equal to three thirds. (In the picture below.) To make a whole you have to have the same number as the numerator and the denominator for example ( 8/8 =1 whole.) The numerator is the top number and represents the part that is shaded or taken away, while the denominator is the bottom number, which represents the whole. Fraction strips were sort of hard..... But you get used to it!
By: Allison Schooley & Sydnie Tidwell ;)
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