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You have to  
share your paratha 
with me.
yes,
Please.
Did I?
Do you want 
chocolates?
It is not fair! You gave 
me a bigger part !
These are not 
equal
We will divide the
paratha equally.
1. How do you share objects 
equally?
2. Why is Shabnam folding the 
paratha over itself ?
How do you think they are going to share the chocolate 
and the paratha equally?
Shabnam and Mukta are enjoying their lunch break.
Think about a strategy that you can use to check whether 
two pieces are equal or not.
Fair Share Fair Share
8 8
Let us Discuss
I will show you how 
to do it equally.
Page 2


You have to  
share your paratha 
with me.
yes,
Please.
Did I?
Do you want 
chocolates?
It is not fair! You gave 
me a bigger part !
These are not 
equal
We will divide the
paratha equally.
1. How do you share objects 
equally?
2. Why is Shabnam folding the 
paratha over itself ?
How do you think they are going to share the chocolate 
and the paratha equally?
Shabnam and Mukta are enjoying their lunch break.
Think about a strategy that you can use to check whether 
two pieces are equal or not.
Fair Share Fair Share
8 8
Let us Discuss
I will show you how 
to do it equally.
108
Maths Mela | Class 3
This is a whole paratha.
Tick ü the paratha that has been cut equally.
1. Circle the shapes where half of the whole is shaded.
2. Draw a line to show one-half of the whole.
When 1 whole is shared  
equally between 2 people, each 
share is called a half!
How many halves make  
one whole? Check with  
some halves.
Half Half
Let us Do
Page 3


You have to  
share your paratha 
with me.
yes,
Please.
Did I?
Do you want 
chocolates?
It is not fair! You gave 
me a bigger part !
These are not 
equal
We will divide the
paratha equally.
1. How do you share objects 
equally?
2. Why is Shabnam folding the 
paratha over itself ?
How do you think they are going to share the chocolate 
and the paratha equally?
Shabnam and Mukta are enjoying their lunch break.
Think about a strategy that you can use to check whether 
two pieces are equal or not.
Fair Share Fair Share
8 8
Let us Discuss
I will show you how 
to do it equally.
108
Maths Mela | Class 3
This is a whole paratha.
Tick ü the paratha that has been cut equally.
1. Circle the shapes where half of the whole is shaded.
2. Draw a line to show one-half of the whole.
When 1 whole is shared  
equally between 2 people, each 
share is called a half!
How many halves make  
one whole? Check with  
some halves.
Half Half
Let us Do
109
Fair Share
3. Shabnam has eaten some chikki from 3 sides.  
Tick 
ü
 how much chikki is left?
 (a) less than half  (b) more than Half  (c) half
5. Draw lines to show different ways of making a half.
4. Show by colouring half a chikki that has been eaten 
from 2 sides.
6. Complete the whole picture by drawing the other half.
Page 4


You have to  
share your paratha 
with me.
yes,
Please.
Did I?
Do you want 
chocolates?
It is not fair! You gave 
me a bigger part !
These are not 
equal
We will divide the
paratha equally.
1. How do you share objects 
equally?
2. Why is Shabnam folding the 
paratha over itself ?
How do you think they are going to share the chocolate 
and the paratha equally?
Shabnam and Mukta are enjoying their lunch break.
Think about a strategy that you can use to check whether 
two pieces are equal or not.
Fair Share Fair Share
8 8
Let us Discuss
I will show you how 
to do it equally.
108
Maths Mela | Class 3
This is a whole paratha.
Tick ü the paratha that has been cut equally.
1. Circle the shapes where half of the whole is shaded.
2. Draw a line to show one-half of the whole.
When 1 whole is shared  
equally between 2 people, each 
share is called a half!
How many halves make  
one whole? Check with  
some halves.
Half Half
Let us Do
109
Fair Share
3. Shabnam has eaten some chikki from 3 sides.  
Tick 
ü
 how much chikki is left?
 (a) less than half  (b) more than Half  (c) half
5. Draw lines to show different ways of making a half.
4. Show by colouring half a chikki that has been eaten 
from 2 sides.
6. Complete the whole picture by drawing the other half.
110
Maths Mela | Class 3
Take a rectangular sheet of paper and 
fold it in half. Find all the different ways 
to make a half.
Take a square piece of paper and fold 
it in half. Find all the different ways to 
make a half.
Here are some mangoes. Share them 
equally between the two children.
There was an old man with two sons Amit and Bala. He 
gave a mango tree, a solar lamp and a woollen blanket 
to them. He asked them to share 
these things among themselves. 
Amit was a cunning man. He told 
his brother ‘Let us share the objects 
equally. I will keep the fruits, you 
keep the tree. I will keep the lamp 
during the night, you can keep 
it during the day. I will keep the 
blanket for half the year during 
winter. You can keep it for half the 
year during summer.’ Bala agreed.
Is this a fair way of sharing? Is there 
another way to share it fairly? 
Teacher’s Note: Get students to show halves with paper folding 
in different ways. Please refer to the fraction as one half and not 
as 1 out of 2.
Let us Explore
Let us Discuss
Let us Do
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You have to  
share your paratha 
with me.
yes,
Please.
Did I?
Do you want 
chocolates?
It is not fair! You gave 
me a bigger part !
These are not 
equal
We will divide the
paratha equally.
1. How do you share objects 
equally?
2. Why is Shabnam folding the 
paratha over itself ?
How do you think they are going to share the chocolate 
and the paratha equally?
Shabnam and Mukta are enjoying their lunch break.
Think about a strategy that you can use to check whether 
two pieces are equal or not.
Fair Share Fair Share
8 8
Let us Discuss
I will show you how 
to do it equally.
108
Maths Mela | Class 3
This is a whole paratha.
Tick ü the paratha that has been cut equally.
1. Circle the shapes where half of the whole is shaded.
2. Draw a line to show one-half of the whole.
When 1 whole is shared  
equally between 2 people, each 
share is called a half!
How many halves make  
one whole? Check with  
some halves.
Half Half
Let us Do
109
Fair Share
3. Shabnam has eaten some chikki from 3 sides.  
Tick 
ü
 how much chikki is left?
 (a) less than half  (b) more than Half  (c) half
5. Draw lines to show different ways of making a half.
4. Show by colouring half a chikki that has been eaten 
from 2 sides.
6. Complete the whole picture by drawing the other half.
110
Maths Mela | Class 3
Take a rectangular sheet of paper and 
fold it in half. Find all the different ways 
to make a half.
Take a square piece of paper and fold 
it in half. Find all the different ways to 
make a half.
Here are some mangoes. Share them 
equally between the two children.
There was an old man with two sons Amit and Bala. He 
gave a mango tree, a solar lamp and a woollen blanket 
to them. He asked them to share 
these things among themselves. 
Amit was a cunning man. He told 
his brother ‘Let us share the objects 
equally. I will keep the fruits, you 
keep the tree. I will keep the lamp 
during the night, you can keep 
it during the day. I will keep the 
blanket for half the year during 
winter. You can keep it for half the 
year during summer.’ Bala agreed.
Is this a fair way of sharing? Is there 
another way to share it fairly? 
Teacher’s Note: Get students to show halves with paper folding 
in different ways. Please refer to the fraction as one half and not 
as 1 out of 2.
Let us Explore
Let us Discuss
Let us Do
111
Fair Share
Half and double
In this round  
I got 4 marbles.
I got 12 marbles
this time.
In this round  
I got 7 marbles.
In this round  
I got 6 marbles.
4 marbles are ______ of 8 marbles.
8 marbles are ______ of 4 marbles.
10 marbles are ______ of 5 marbles.
5 marbles are ______ of 10 marbles.
6 marbles are ______ of 12 marbles.
12 marbles are ______ of 6 marbles.
On a number line how far is 13 from the double 
of 7?
How far is 5 from half of 14?
I got 13 
marbles.
In this  
round I got 10 
marbles.
I got 8 
marbles.
I got only 5 
marbles.
Fill in the following blanks using double or half.
0    1   2   3    4    5    6   7   8  9  10   11  12  13   14  15   16  17   
3 is half of 6. 6 is double of 3.
I have half the  
number of marbles 
that you have.
I have double the 
number of marbles 
that you have.