hello my name is Kylie and welcome to basic fractions fair shares are you
sometimes asked to share your crayons or share your favorite candy bar in this
video we'll look at how to share an object or a set of objects with one or
more friends ready to explore equal parts let's split one of the first
things you learned as a young child was to share but what does it really mean to
share sharing means you give a part or a portion of something you have to another
person we share for different reasons and in different ways sometimes we share
because we want our friends to enjoy what we have - like a favorite toy
sometimes we share when there isn't enough to go around
like when your best friend forgets his lunch you share part of yours sometimes
we have to share money like when your mom gives you ten dollars to share with
your sister at the ice-cream shop no matter what we share the idea is that
everyone involved is not disappointed with their portion when you share your
favorite toy with your brother you might share the amount of time you play with
the toy maybe you'll play with it for a few
minutes then have him play with it for a few minutes it's still called sharing if
you allow your brother to borrow the toy for an entire day or week you're sharing
what you own with someone else when you share your sandwich with your best
friend you want to be sure you're not hungry in the end so you give them a
portion just like yours this is sharing as a part of something
that is whole and when your mom gives you money for the ice cream shop you
don't want your sister complaining your ice cream costs more than hers so you
make sure that you spend the exact same amount sometimes you can share something
at the same time as someone else like when you share a book and you sit
together taking turns reading it it is still called sharing when a librarian
reads a book to a group of children everyone is sharing the book at the same
time and no one is missing out and you can even share ideas so that together
the ideas add up to a better solution each person's ideas are equally
important when you share you want to make sure everyone gets the same or as
close to the same amount as possible whether it be time or money or objects
when everyone is satisfied with their portion this is called making a fair
share so no one will say hey that's not fair unless it's your baby cousin who
doesn't know what it means to share just yet let's learn more about what a fair
share looks like if you're going to share these jelly beans with your friend
a good way to do it is to say one for you one for me one for you one for me
until they're all gone how many did you get how many did I get is that the same
yes that's sharing we each got a fair share because we each have the same
number of jelly beans this was an example of sharing a set of separate or
individual things now let's look at what happens when we share a whole object
what if we shared a cake like this would this be fair shares no someone would get
a much larger piece that's not fair it's not the same when we take a whole cake
and cut it into two even pieces like this then we can share this cake equally
now these are fair shares when we divide a whole object into two parts
you get half and I get half we call each piece one half or we can say we cut this
cake into halves that's good sharing okay so what if we
shared a cake like this would this be fair shares no someone would get a much
larger piece than everyone else that's not fair it's not the same
when we take a whole cake and cut it into four even pieces like this then we
can share this fairly these are fair shares so when we divide a whole object
into four parts you get 1/4 I get 1/4 your friend Billy gets 1/4 and my friend
Ali gets 1/4 we call each piece 1/4 or we can say this cake is cut into fourths
or quarters which is a fancy way to say for us wonderful sharing ok so what if
we cut the cake like this would it be fair shares know some people would get
much larger pieces than everyone else that's not fair it's not the same when
we take a whole cake and cut it into 10 even pieces like this then we can share
this fairly if we divide a whole object into 10 parts you get 1/10 I get one
tenth and eight other people get one tenth we call each piece one tenth or we
can say this cake is cut into tenths you now know how to share fairly but you are
just getting started with fractions be sure to watch our other fraction videos
to learn more in the meantime practice what you just learned on our
fun online games and quizzes and remember it's always fair share and
always be clever