Comments on: Thirds http://threesixty360.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/thirds/ 12 tables, 24 chairs, and plenty of chalk Tue, 07 May 2013 17:42:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Denise http://threesixty360.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/thirds/#comment-10448 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:49:47 +0000 http://threesixty360.wordpress.com/?p=3080#comment-10448 Thirds are nice for teaching fraction concepts with precisely because they aren’t so common in daily life. Still simple enough for kids to grasp (and easy to draw), but less familiar than halves and fourths.

Fifths also work but are harder to draw, especially when you’re teaching equivalent fractions.

And then there’s always the fun of series: Cut 1/3 pizza (paper plate makes a fair model), and then 1/3 of 1/3, and so on…

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