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For example, Arnabh and Shashwat have only one chocolate Top Tip
and both of them want to eat it. So, they divide the chocolate
into 2 equal pieces and take one piece each. 2 halves make one
whole.
Now both of them get the same amount of chocolate. So, we

can say that each boy has half of the whole chocolate.
One-third

1 1
If we divide a whole into 3 equal parts, then each
3 3
part is one-third of the whole. It is represented
1 1
as . 3
3
For example, John and his two friends buy a pie. They cut Top Tip
three equal slices of the pie to distribute it equally among
themselves. So, we can say that each friend gets one-third 3 one-thirds make
one whole.
of the whole pie.

One-fourth
1 1
If we divide a whole into 4 equal parts, then each 4 4
part is one-fourth of the whole. It is represented
1 1 1
as . 4 4
4

For example, Aarohi cuts a cake into 4 equal parts, so that Top Tip
she and three of her friends can have equal share of the
4 one-fourths
cake. So, we can say that each friend gets one-fourth of
make one whole.
the whole cake.
Three-fourths

If we divide a whole into 4 equal parts and put 1
4
three of its parts together, then they are called
three-fourths of the whole. It is represented 3
3 4
as .
4
For example, Zainab divides a pizza into 4 equal parts and takes only 1 part. So, we can say
that three-fourths of the whole pizza is le .

Let’s see some examples of frac ons made by folding and unfolding a square sheet of paper.

Step 1: Take a square sheet of paper. 1 whole

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