# What is the whole?

**Make a fair paper patch. How do you know its parts are equal?**

Choose one:

- **Make a notice patch:** Choose two or four equal parts.
- **Spot the unfair split:** Does four pieces mean four quarters?
- **Same fraction, different whole:** Could both be halves?

MODEL: four equal sections make one paper panel. One is 1/4; three more complete it.

Try a different idea of your own. Name its whole or data unit. Show one reason or check. [Empty fraction guide](../aids/own-fraction.svg) · [complete paper/words route](../aids/own-fraction-alternative.md)

Use blank paper or your usual communication; pictures are optional. Ask a wanted helper to read, describe or write your words. You can direct a helper's hands, take a break, keep your work private or finish here.

Grown-ups: [full preparation and three runnable routes](../days/day-31.md). The model above is not your child’s own response; record any actual help, making or reader trial separately.