{"id":3404,"date":"2013-08-12T16:38:57","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T00:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2013-08-12T16:54:30","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T00:54:30","slug":"fractions-as-a-part-of-a-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/?p=3404","title":{"rendered":"Fractions as a part of a set"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3405\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3405\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3405\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3405\" title=\"Fractions as a part of a set\" src=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-12-17.07.43-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-12-17.07.43-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-12-17.07.43-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-12-17.07.43.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">www.FamilyMathNight.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fractions as a part of a set can be tricky for students.\u00a0 Especially when we spend a lot of time teaching fractions as a part of a whole (1 of the 6 equal pieces of pie) and the area model of fractions (1 of the 6 equal regions of the rectangle).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to fractions as a part of a set, I start easy by asking students to count the number of people in class.\u00a0 If there is an odd number of students, I include myself so that they end up with an even number.\u00a0 Next, I ask them how many people would end up in each group if we divided the group in half&#8230;and then we do it.\u00a0 This gives them a visual of two groups with x number of people in each group.<\/p>\n<p>We then break into small groups and students discuss how it is possible for 14 students to represent the fraction 1\/2 (in this example, 14 is half of the 28 people in class.)\u00a0 This is a great way for them to see that the 14 people are a part of the entire set of people which we are dividing into two equal parts.  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