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Noyce Foundation
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K - 7th
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Now you'll never have trouble cutting a cake evenly again. Here is a set of five problems all about partitioning shapes into a given number of pieces and identifying the fractional amount of each piece. As learners progress through the tasks, the shapes become more complex.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

symmetry, congruence, area model, area, fractions, geometric figures

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Allow learners to cut out the shapes if they wish
  • If necessary, provide pupils with scaffolding tips

Classroom Considerations

  • For Level E, learners should be able to add unit fractions

Pros

  • Includes extra copies of shapes for learners to work on
  • Provides both content and practice standards alignment for each task

Cons

  • Lacks answer keys

Common Core

K.MD.A.2 3.NF.A.1 3.MD.C.5.a 3.MD.C.6 3.G.A.2 4.G.A.3 5.NF.A.1 6.G.A.1 7.NS.A.1.a MP3 MP4 MP5 MP8

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