Materials paper and pencil

two or more fractions that name the same amount are called equivalent fractions you can use a sheet of paper to model fractions equivalent to 1/2.

a. first fold a piece of paper into two equal parts. open the paper and count the parts.

there are __equal parts. each part is __of the paper.

shade one of the halves. write 1/2 on each of the halves.

b. next. fold in half two times. open the paper.

now there are __equal parts. each part is __ of the paper.

write 1/4 on each of the fourths.
look at all the shaded parts. 1/2= /

c. last fold the paper in half three times

now there are __equal parts ach part is __ of the paper.

write 1/8 on each of the eighths
find the fraction equivalent to 1/2 on your paper.

so, 1/2, and __ are equivalent.