[u]Content Standard:[br][/u][size=100][br]CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.G.A.2[/size][br]Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole. [i]For example, partition a shape into 4 parts with equal area, and describe the area of each part as 1/4 of the area of the shape[/i].[br][br]CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NF.A.1[br]Understand a fraction 1/[i]b[/i] as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into [i]b [/i]equal parts; understand a fraction [i]a/b [/i]as the quantity formed by [i]a [/i]parts of size 1/[i]b[/i].[br][u][br]Instructions:[/u] Use the colored pieces to partition the each figure into parts with equal areas.[br][br][list=1][*]Partition Figure 1 into parts with equal areas. What is the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole?[/*][*]Partition Figure 2 into parts with equal areas. What is the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole?[/*][*]When partitioning the figures into parts with equal areas, did you use the same or different colored pieces? Why?[/*][*]Can the figures be partitioned into parts with equal areas in more than one way? If so, how?[/*][*]What is one observation you found interesting when exploring this tool?[/*][/list]