A Different Perspective on Fractions

Melissa was doing her homework which included a story problem involving fractions. It showed 6 light bulbs and instructed her to draw circles around them in two groups so that there were the same number in each group and then color in ½ of the light bulbs. Melissa drew two circles each containing 3 light bulbs and then painstakingly colored ½ of each of the six light bulbs. Technically a correct answer, but not the one the exercise was looking for.