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This activity is about recognising quarters of shapes.

 

We can split a rectangle into four parts like this.

 

rectangle in 4 parts - not quarters

 

Or we can split it into four equal parts like this.

 

rectangle in four quarters

 

When we split it into four equal parts, each part is called a quarter (¼) of the whole rectangle.

 

rectangle in quarters

 

When the parts are not equal, they are not quarters.

 

Any shape that is divided into four equal parts is in quarters, as in the circle below:

 

circle in quarters

 

 

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