Unit 9 Contents

Natasha used a fraction strip. “This shows !” Then, she shaded in of a fraction strip on the board.

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5. How does the fraction strip on the board show ?
6. What is the unit whole?

Sam said, “Do not forget the number line.” He put a point at on the number line on the board.

7. How does Sam's number line show ?
8. Where does the unit whole start and where does it end?

Kathy raised her hand and said, “I think I know another way. Last night my dad gave me a pack of baseball trading cards to share with my two sisters. I counted 12 cards. I took four cards and divided the rest between my sisters. I got of the pack of cards.”

“Can you show us why you think you got of the pack of trading cards, Kathy?” asked Mr. Martin. Kathy drew 3 rows with four cards in each. She circled one of the rows of cards.

9. Did Kathy get of the pack of trading cards? How do you know?
10. What is the unit whole? How many trading cards are in the unit whole?
11. How many trading cards is ?
12. Write another fraction for the amount of cards that Kathy got.
13. Kathy traded three of her cards with a friend the next day. What fraction of the whole pack did she trade?
14. After sharing with her sister and trading, what fraction of the pack of trading cards did Kathy keep? How did you decide on the numerator and denominator?

Use the Many Ways to Show a Fraction pages in the Student Activity Book to practice showing fractions.