{"id":73494,"date":"2020-06-02T13:43:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=73494"},"modified":"2020-06-15T13:46:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T17:46:25","slug":"is-it-fair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/math\/math-grades-1-3\/investigations\/is-it-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Fair?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Investigations<\/h5>\n<h3>Materials:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>copy of the cake templates below (or make your own if you don\u2019t have access to a printer)<\/li>\n<li>pencil<\/li>\n<li>scissors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Julia is sharing a small rectangular cake with her 2 brothers and 1 sister.<br \/>\nShe cuts the cake like this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73495\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/swhasYStM7uTi-R4N_mF-4A.png\" alt=\"rectangle divided into 4 smaller rectangles, 2 narrow rectangles 1 at the top and 1 at the bottom\" width=\"250\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/swhasYStM7uTi-R4N_mF-4A.png 203w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/swhasYStM7uTi-R4N_mF-4A-165x122.png 165w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/swhasYStM7uTi-R4N_mF-4A-100x75.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Is it fair? Is the cake divided equally? Explain your thinking. How much of the cake will each person get?<\/p>\n<h2>Possible Questions:<\/h2>\n<p>How will you know they are divided equally?<br \/>\nHow could you find out if they are the same size?<br \/>\n(students might cut out the pieces to compare or measure the rectangles)<\/p>\n<h3>Possible Extension:<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73496\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/sqkAOtpzkA-vx2rpFSHN_mw.png\" alt=\"a rectangle\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/sqkAOtpzkA-vx2rpFSHN_mw.png 201w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/sqkAOtpzkA-vx2rpFSHN_mw-165x123.png 165w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/sqkAOtpzkA-vx2rpFSHN_mw-100x75.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How else could you divide the cake equally for Julia, her 2 brothers and 1 sister? How many ways can you find?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/Cake-Templates.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Printable Cake Templates<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it fair? Is the cake divided equally? Explain your thinking. How much of the cake will each person get?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":72786,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73494","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73494\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}