Fractions,

Have you ever heard of fractions?

Well I have.

What are fractions?

Let's do some counting...

How many hexagons are here?

But, what if there was just part of a hexagon?

How would we count it?

We'll use fractions!

Fractions are for counting PART of something.

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Let's break the hexagon into 6 equal pieces: What if we just had one of the pieces? That would be 1 piece out of 6 pieces. Right? Here's how we write it: We read this like "one sixth." Next Page! Let's do some more counting! How much of this hexagon is red? 5 pieces are red... out of 6 total pieces... So,  of the hexagon is red. How much is blue? 1 blue piece... out of 6...  of the hexagon is blue. Next Page! Check out this square:  Break it apart:  How much is red? How much is green? Check out this rectangle:  Break it  apart:   How much is yellow? How much is purple? This is what fractions are. I hope you have learned a lot. If you have any questions ask me in google+.