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Course: 3rd grade > Unit 6
Lesson 3: Equivalent fractions- Equivalent fractions with visuals
- Equivalent fraction models
- Equivalent fraction models
- Equivalent fraction visually
- Creating equivalent fractions
- Equivalent fractions on the number line
- Equivalent fractions
- Equivalent fractions and comparing fractions: FAQ
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Creating equivalent fractions
Sal creates equivalent fractions by dividing a fraction model and number line into smaller parts. Created by Sal Khan.
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- If you want to find equivalent fractions with greater numbers, just divide the numbers from the first fraction by 2, such as 2/4, 2 * 2 is 4 and 4 * 2 is 8, resulting in 4/8 which is equal to 2/4.(10 votes)
- I meant to say multiply instead of divide, sorry.(8 votes)
- Why do fractions have to be equal?(8 votes)
- Because if they are unequal in doesn't make sense so let's say I have a pie and I want 5 people to have the pie and 4 of them are small and the 5th one is big the 5th person will have a big one and the 4 people that got the small pieces will not be happy.(2 votes)
- sal is so good at esplaining zeez tings(6 votes)
- Hi Sal you are very very clever, i like your videos and regards. Thank you, you teach as like a teacher.(7 votes)
- erase the shading in all but one smaller sqare(7 votes)
- do you have to draw lines inside of the shape(7 votes)
- Yes but shade the ones you need to shade so if your fraction is 5/6 I would shade 5 of the sixths(0 votes)
- how much ninths does it need to turn in to a sixth(4 votes)
- Is there any formula for quickly creating row of equivalent fractions? I realized that if we take 2/3, next fraction will be 4/6.. and there is formula like 2+2/3+3=4/6 and this formula continues to the infinity. In this fraction it's just adding +2 to the numerator and +3 to the denominator. Is there so me general formula or pattern for every fraction?(3 votes)
- Yes you are just multiplying (adding) the fractions times 2.
The way you are doing it is the way I've done it all my life.
I hope my answer helps you.(2 votes)
- why do fractions have to be equal(3 votes)
- We actually use this in real life, for example, mobile devices. 2 devices could have the same screen sizes but different pixel density or screen resolution.(3 votes)
Video transcript
So we've got this fraction
written here, 2/3. What I want you to do
is pause this video and try to think of any
other fractions that are the same that are
equivalent to this fraction right over here that essentially
represent the same number. So to do that, let's
visualize what 2/3 is. So let me draw a whole here. Let me draw a
whole, and I'm going to divide it into
three equal sections. So that is my whole. I'm drawing three
equal sections I'm going to try to draw and
make them as equal as i-- I can do a little
better job than that. So that's 1, 2, 3. Three equal sections. And so 2/3 would
represent two out of those three equal sections. So actually I can
spray paint this. So that's 1/3 right over
here, and then this is 2/3. So we have two of the
three equal sections. So that is 2/3. And now let me
copy and paste that so we can think about other
ways to represent this fraction. So copy. And then let me paste it. I'll do it once, and then
I'll do it another time. And I could do this
multiple times, but I'll do it two other
times right over here. So there's a couple
of things we could do. The first option is
we could take this and we could draw a
horizontal line that divides each of these three
sections into two sections. So let's do that. So now, how many equal
sections do I have? I have 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6 equals sections. And how many of those
equal sections are actually shaded in now. Well, we see it's 1, 2, 3, 4. 4/6. So notice, 4/6 is the exact same
fraction of the whole as 2/3. These are equivalent fractions. We could say that
2/3 is equal to 4/6. Now, we could do
something very similar. Instead of dividing each
of these thirds into two, we could divide each of
these thirds into three. So I could draw three
horizontal lines here. So let's see 1, 2, 3. So now I have divided what
was in three equal sections, I now have three times
as many sections. I have 1, 2,, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9 equals sections. And then which of those
are actually shaded in? We have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 6. So 2/3, which is equal to
4/6, is also equal to 6/9. All three of these are
equivalent fractions, 2/3, 4/6, and 6/9. And if you were to put
them on the number line, the same thing would happen. So let's do that. Let's draw a number line here. Let's say that's 0. And I'm just going to
focus on between 0 and 1. And obviously we
can go beyond that. And let's divide it
first into thirds. So this is 1/3 and 2/3. So we already know this would
represent 1/3 and this is 2/3. We've gone two of the equal
spaces of the three on the way to 1. We've divided the
section between 0 and 1 into three equal spaces. Now, what for 4/6 be? Well, now we would just
have to divide this into 6 equal spaces. So 1, 2, 4, 4, 5, 6. And 4/6, that would be 4 out of
the 6 spaces on the way to 1. So 1, 2, 3, 4. So this number is
also equal to 4/6. And you could do the
same thing if you want to think about ninths. So what we could do, we could
put 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Now I've split this part of
our number line between 0 and 1 into 9 equal spaces. Well, what would 6/9 be? Well, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Once again, the exact same
point on the number line. It's an equivalent fraction. 6/9 is equal to 2/3
is equal to 4/6.