I was attempting to find a way to explain fractions to two of my kids. We were adding them, and trying to understand that something like 2/4 is equal to 1/2. I tried to explain it in some real life example they could grasp (rather than some abstract nothingness). My first example was money. 50 cents is half a dollar. If M has 50 cents and finds 50 cents, how much does he have? T says, "Two dollars!" That didn't work. So I moved onto sandwiches. I said, "You have one half of a sandwich in one hand and one half in the other. If you put them together you get..." (see below for visual of what I was doing and answer I was given)
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