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What is a fourth?

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Goal: Learn what the term fourths means.

Sara loves fresh fruits and vegetables. She just made a sandwich using vegetables from her garden. She has 3 friends over for lunch and wants to share the sandwich equally. That means Sara and her 3 friends need to cut the sandwich into 4 equal parts.

Sandwich

Here is one way they can split the sandwich into 4 equal parts:

Sandwich cut into 4 equal parts

In math, we call 4 equal parts fourths.

Look at this rectangle below. It is also cut into fourths, or 4 equal parts.

Rectangle split into 4 equal parts

What is the term for 4 equal parts in math?