Finding a half
Finding a half means finding one of two equal parts.
If you put two halves together you get one whole.
Example 1
Layla and Bobbi want to share a pizza. How could they slice the pizza so they each get an equal piece?
If they cut it through the middle of the pizza, you can see that they each get an equal piece, or a half.
Example 2
Now look at the pizzas below. You can see some different ways that they could have cut the pizza.
Which of these have been cut into halves correctly?
✓ The two pizzas in the middle have been split into equal halves.
However, you can see that the first pizza and the last pizza have not been split equally, so they are not halves.
Activity
Try this quiz and see if you can find the halves.
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