10.11 Identify fractions in areas
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Can you recognize the number of equal parts in a shape and what fraction that makes?
Here is a shape divided into parts, use it to answer the following questions.
This shape has $\editable{}$ equal parts.
If one part was shaded, that shaded part would be $\frac{\editable{}}{\editable{}}$ of the whole.
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When we divide shapes into parts, if all those parts have the same area then we have partitioned the shape into equal parts.
If we partition a shape into equal parts, we can describe each part as a unit fraction. We can also use this to describe the area of a part of our shape.
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question 1
Which shape has its area partitioned into $6$6 equal parts?
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To check if a shape has been partitioned into equal parts or not, we can find the area of each part. If all the parts have the same area, then they area equal parts.
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question 2
Is this rectangle partitioned into equal parts?
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If we want to represent the shaded parts as a fraction of the total number of parts, each part should have the same area.