🍫 Fair-Share Lab
Why is smaller than ?
8 is bigger than 3. So how can one eighth be smaller than one third? Let’s share a snack bar and find out.
Start sharing ↓Same snack. Different number of friends.
Press Next step to share the bar and watch where your piece lands.
🔬 Sharing experimentStep 1 of 6
Your piece, lined up from the same starting edge
“8 is bigger than 3, so must be bigger!”
8= 8 people sharing
3= 3 people sharing
8 is more people. More people → smaller piece.
So <
So <
Your turn: 5 sharing challenges
Same snack bars, same ruler. Can you dodge the trap every time?
🎯 Challenge0 of 5 done
⭐ You beat the trap
The bottom number counts the sharers.
Same wholeShare the same snack
More sharersBigger bottom number
Smaller shareSmaller fraction
So < < < < < < — as long as it’s the same whole.