Halving ppt
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The document describes Meredith and her friend Harvey visiting Mr. Matt's magic sweet shop after school, where they help him with his dog in exchange for bags of sweets. It illustrates how to share candies fairly between them, using simple math examples to determine how many each should receive from different quantities of sweets. The focus is on teaching the concept of halving numbers through practical scenarios involving candies.
Halving ppt
- 1. Halving
- 2. This is Meredith. And this is her best friend, Harvey.
- 3. Everyday, after school, Meredith and Harvey walk to Mr. Matt’s Magic Sweet Shop.
- 4. They help Mr. Matt walk his dog, Fluffy. As a way of saying thank you. Mr. Matt gives Meredith and Harvey 1 bag of magic sweets to share with each other. Can you help Meredith and Harvey share out the sweets?
- 5. In this bag of sweets, there are 2 candy canes. If we give both of them to Meredith, is that fair? No No
- 6. A candy cane for Meredith What about if we give one to Meredith and 1 to Meredith and 1 to Harvey? Yes! Yes! A candy cane for Harvey
- 7. So, half of 2, is 1
- 8. In this bag of sweets, there are 4 jumping jelly beans. If we give 3 of them to Meredith, is that fair? No No
- 9. How many do you think we have to give Meredith and to Harvey so that it is fair? Yes! Yes! A Jelly bean for MeredithA Jelly bean for HarveyA Jelly bean for MeredithA Jelly bean for Harvey
- 10. So, half of 4, is 2
- 11. In this bag of sweets, there are 6 chewy chocolate stars. How many do we have to give to Meredith and Harvey so that it is fair? Yes! Yes! A star for MeredithA star for HarveyA star for MeredithA star for HarveyA star for MeredithA star for Harvey
- 12. So, half of 6, is 3
- 13. In this bag of sweets, there are 8 soft rainbow biscuits. How many do we have to give to Meredith and Harvey so that it is fair? Yes! Yes! A biscuit for MeredithA biscuit for HarveyA biscuit for MeredithA biscuit for HarveyA biscuit for MeredithA biscuit for HarveyA biscuit for MeredithA biscuit for Harvey
- 14. So, half of 8, is 4
- 15. What do you think is half of 10? 5