The document defines halves and quarters by explaining that halves are when an object is divided into two equal parts and quarters are when an object is divided into four equal parts. It provides examples of describing amounts of different objects using halves and quarters, such as one-half of a pizza or one-quarter of a square. The document also includes visual representations of quarters using boxes to demonstrate different fractional amounts.

1. Halves
When an object or collection is divided into two equal parts,
each part is called a half.

2. There is one-half
of the pizza left;
one-half is gone.

3. One-half of the triangle
is pink.

4. There is one-half of
the sandwich left;
one-half is gone.

5. Quarters
When an object is evenly divided into four parts,
each part is called a quarter.
one quarter
one quarter
one quarter
one quarter
+
=
one whole
+
+

6. Quarters
The squares below demonstrate quarters of a shape.
1 box is
one-quarter
2 boxes is
two-quarters
3 boxes is
three-quarters
4 boxes is
one whole

7. There is three-quarters
of the pizza left;
one-quarter is gone.

8. One-quarter of the
square is yellow.

9. There is one-quarter
of the cookie left;
three-quarters is gone.

10. One-quarter of the apple
has been cut out.