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"Not so fast," said Jiya. "One-by-Two means dividing a thing into two EQUAL parts. Are you sure we have

shared the jamoons equally, Rani?"

Rani shook her head.

"Let's find out," said Jiya. "Count how many jamoons you have, and how many I have."

"I have 1,2,3... 3 jamoons, and you have 1,2,3... 3 jamoons. That means," Rani was excited now, "we have
shared the jamoons EQUALLY! We have a One-by-Two! And we didn't even draw a line in the middle!"

Jiya laughed. "Yes, you got ONE of TWO equal parts, and I got ONE of TWO equal parts. ONE by TWO!"

"Hurray!" said Rani. "Can we eat now?" They grinned at each other through a mouthful of yummy jamoons.

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