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$fraction wall showing halves, thirds, quarters, sixths, eighths, twelths and twenty-fourths$

Using the image above, how many different ways can you find of writing $\frac{1}{2}$?

From the picture, what equivalent fractions for $\frac{1}{3}$ can you find?

Again, using the image of the fraction wall, how else could you write $\frac{3}{4}$?

What other fractions do you know that are the same as $\frac{1}{2}$?

Find some other fractions which are equivalent to $\frac{3}{4}$.

Can you find any "rules" for working out equivalent fractions?