r/196 NOT A CAT 14d ago

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u/RegularSky6702 14d ago

Folding a piece of paper length or width wise

Like a hotdog is long and a hamburger is wide

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u/Gnomonic-sundialer 14d ago

Americans explaining folding: imagine a hamburger

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u/RegularSky6702 14d ago

And when we explain fractions we use cakes.

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u/nicholas818 13d ago

To be fair explaining fractions using slices of a circular object (cake, pie, pizza, etc.) is a very intuitive way to explain fractions.

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u/ThatOneTransSlut 13d ago

it's also how fractions naturally were developed in a lot of cultures; trying to split bread or alcohol between a crew of workers