Unit 8 Contents

12. The red and pink piece are divided into thirds using other pieces. Build these shapes with circle pieces.

1. Which piece covers one-third ( ) of the red circle?
2. Which piece covers one-third ( ) of the pink piece?
13. Show the red and pink pieces divided into fourths.
1. Cover the pink piece with four pieces of the same color. What color did you use?
2. Which piece covers one-fourth of the pink piece?
3. Cover the red piece with four pieces of the same color. What color did you use?
4. Which piece covers one-fourth ( ) of the red circle?

Check-In: Questions 14–19

1. Cover a pink piece with an orange and an aqua piece. Do these two pieces divide the pink piece into halves? Why or why not?
2. Cover a red circle with a pink piece and two yellows. Do these three pieces divide the circle into thirds? Why or why not?
1. Two aquas is what fraction of the red circle?
2. When you wrote the fraction in Question 15A as a number, how did you know what denominator to use? How did you know what numerator to use?
3. Write the fraction in Question 15A in words.
4. Two aquas is what fraction of the pink piece? Tell how you know.
5. Write the fraction in Question 15D in words.