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Check-In: Questions 8–11
Use your fraction strips to complete the following problems. Write a number sentence for each problem.
- Grace needed
of a yard of ribbon to decorate the outside edge of a picture frame. She needed another 
of a yard of ribbon to decorate the inside edge of her frame. How much ribbon did she need altogether? - On Monday, John ate
of a box of cookies. On Tuesday, he ate another 
of the cookies. What fraction of the cookies did he eat altogether? - What fraction of the cookies is left?
- Jerome lives
of a mile from school. If he has already walked 
of a mile, how much farther does he have to go before he gets to school? - Use your fraction strips to find another fraction that is equal to your answer.
- Use your fraction strips to complete the following number sentences.
+ 
=- +
= 
+ =
+ 
=
Mrs. Dewey asked the class the following question.
“Daniel has a bowl of six orange halves. If he eats 5 of them, what fraction of an orange did he eat?”
Luis explained his solution to the class.
“I know the unit whole is one orange. Since he ate 5 of the halves, I added
one-half 5 times.
+ + +
+ = 
.”
He showed the class with fraction strips, and counted each half.
