Students are often required to partition rectangles or number lines into different fractional parts. I do this lesson toward the beginning of my fraction unit to have students discover strategies for breaking rectangles into equal parts. For example:If you want fourths (4 equal parts), you draw 3 lines. If the number of lines you want to draw is ODD, then you can always start by cutting it in half. If you want 8ths, you can make halves, then fourths, then 8ths. After the students partition their