Unit 8 Contents

1. Make the shape on the right using the least number of pieces. Which pieces did you use?
2. Make the shape on the right using the most number of pieces. Which pieces did you use?
3. Make the shape on the right using three different colors. Which pieces did you use? Make a drawing of what you did.
3. Which is larger:
1. One pink or 3 yellows?
2. One pink or 4 blues?
3. One pink or 2 oranges?
4. One pink or 4 aquas?
4. Put one piece of each color in order from smallest to largest.
1. Use 3 pieces to make your own shape. Make a drawing of what you did and tell what pieces you used.
2. Make the same shape using either more or less than 3 pieces. Which pieces did you use this time?

Parts and Wholes

If the red circle is the unit whole, the orange piece is (one-third).

The denominator is 3 because it takes 3 orange pieces to cover the whole. The numerator is 1 because we are talking about only 1 piece.

Two orange pieces is because now we are talking about 2 out of 3 equal pieces.

Three orange pieces is .

For Questions 6–10, the red circle is the unit whole:

6. If the red circle is the unit whole:
1. What piece is one-half ( )?
2. What piece is one-fourth ( )?
3. What piece is one-sixth ( )?
4. What piece is one-eighth ( )?