Video Transcript
Which picture shows equal
parts?
We can see three pictures of three
shapes. There’s a circle and two squares,
but we can also see a line across each of the shapes. It’s a line that divides each shape
into two pieces. But not all the shapes have been
divided fairly. Our question asks us, which picture
shows equal parts? This is really asking us, which
picture shows parts that are the same size? Let’s start with our circle. If you wanted to split a circle
into equal parts, where would you draw a line? Will you put it right down the
middle, wouldn’t you, or across the middle? This line isn’t in the middle. This part at the bottom is a lot
bigger than the part at the top. These are unequal parts.
Now, let’s look at the two parts
that our blue square has been divided into. They look the same size, don’t
they? If you’re not sure about this, turn
your head slightly and look at it from an angle. It might help you to see that the
two parts are the same size. These are equal parts. And if we just check our last
shape, we can see that they’re not the same-size parts. For example, this part here is a
little bit smaller than the top part. And so the only shape that’s been
split or divided into equal parts is the blue square. The parts are the same size.
