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I'm tutoring elementary-level kids on equivalent fractions and am not doing a very good job of explaining it. I've tried using the example of a pizza or a pie and have shown them how they can come up with infinitely many equivalent fractions by picking a number and multiplying the top and bottom.

What are some other ways that I could explain equivalent fractions to kids so that they understand them better?

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    can you explain what failed with the pizza example?2011-11-23
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    [equivalent fractions](http://www.kidsolr.com/math/fractions.html)2011-11-23
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    You have to be careful here. $\frac{4}{6}=\frac{10}{15}$ but 10 is not an integral multiple of 4.2011-11-23
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    You might also be interested in http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/35226/mathematics-teacher-educators2011-11-23

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