5. Names of fractions

Now that the general idea of fractions is understood, you can start giving names to them.  Start with just the “unit fractions”, i.e. one half, one third, etc.  Don’t worry yet about two quarters, or three fifths, etc.  And don’t worry about writing them as that has its own difficulties.  We are just using words in the same way that your child uses other words.

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