Heather is taking an art class over the weekend. Everyone in the class has to copy a famous painting. To make copying easier, Heather divides the painting into 4 equal parts. Heather copies 2 parts on Saturday. What fraction of the painting does Heather copy on Saturday? ____/____

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Heather is taking an art class over the weekend. Everyone in the class has to copy a famous painting. To make copying easier, Heather divides the painting into 4 equal parts. Heather copies 2 parts on Saturday.  What fraction of the painting does Heather copy on Saturday? ____/____

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Divide and Copy:  Heather divides the painting into 4 equal parts and copies 2 parts on Saturday. To find the fraction of the painting she copied, we consider the total parts and the parts she completed. Calculate Fraction:  Calculation: Heather copied 2 out of 4 parts. So, the fraction is 2/4. Find GCF:  To simplify 2/4, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of 2 and 4. Factors of 2 are 1, 2; factors of 4 are 1, 2, 4. GCF is 2. Simplify Fraction:  Simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by the GCF: (2/2)/(4/2) = 1/2.

Heather is taking an art class over the weekend. Everyone in the class has to copy a famous painting. To make copying easier, Heather divides the painting into $4$ equal parts. Heather copies $2$ parts on Saturday. $\newline$ What fraction of the painting does Heather copy on Saturday? $\newline$ /

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