Fair Share Fractions

It was picnic day on the farm. Everyone was very hungry.

Suzy cut a sandwich into two pieces. One piece was big, and one piece was tiny.

"That's not fair!" said Little Thunder.

"You're right," said Suzy. "For halves, both pieces must be the same size."

She cut a new sandwich exactly down the middle. "Now that's two equal halves."

Next, Spike brought an apple pie. "There are four of us," he said. "So we need four equal pieces. Those are called quarters."

He cut the pie across and down. Four quarters, all the same.

Paris the cow joined them. "Now there are five of us!"

"Let's share the apples," said Suzy. There were ten apples. She put them into five equal groups.

"Two apples each," said Little Thunder. "That's fair!"

After lunch, they looked at the big paddock. A fence split it into two equal parts.

"Halves again," said Spike.

Little Thunder munched his apple happily. "Fair sharing makes everyone smile."