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Fractions - Concept of a fraction

If you cut a cake into two equal pieces and eat one of them, you have eaten 1/2 (half) a cake.

A circle split in half

If a cake is cut into five equal pieces and you eat three of them, you have eaten 3/5 (three fifths) of a cake.

two circles. One is a whole circle divided into 5 equal segments. The other is three segments of the five segment circle

1/2 and 3/5 are examples of fractions - parts of a whole.

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