This strategy appears to be based upon halves because children are confident with this concept. This approach is more common among younger children, although in her studies Grace has seen many children between the ages of [Math Processing Error] and [Math Processing Error] adopting it too. Using this method, the child starts by splitting each region or composite unit into two parts. So, sharing three chocolate bars between four children would be achieved by first halving all the bars. In this case four of the halves can be shared with one whole bar (two halves) remaining. The parts of the third bar are halved again and can now be shared. If a fair share was not possible at this point further halving would take place. At this point a teacher might ask the child "How much has each person got?" and in offering a description the child might reply "Two" because they are counting fragments rather than seeing the equal share as part of a whole.