Unit 8 Contents

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

5. How does Jackie's strip show ?

6. What is the unit whole?

Jerome said, “Don't forget the number line.” He put a point at on the number line on the board.

7. How does Jerome's number line show ?
8. Point to the beginning and the end of the unit whole on the number line.

Jessie raised her hand and said, "I think I know another way. Last night my dad made a pan of lasagna. He cut the lasagna into 12 pieces. Then my dad was so hungry that he ate 3 pieces. I think he ate of the pan."

"Can you show us why you think he ate , Jessie?" asked Mrs. Dewey. Jessie drew a rectangle and divided it into 12 equal pieces. She shaded in 3 pieces.

9. Did Jessie's dad eat of the pan of lasagna? How do you know?
10. What is the unit whole? How many lasagna pieces are in the unit whole?
11. How many lasagna pieces is ? How many lasagna pieces is ?
12. What other fraction can you write for the amount that Jessie's dad ate?
13. Jessie's brother, Mark, ate 2 pieces. What fraction of the whole pan did Mark eat?
14. Jessie ate 1 piece. What fraction of the lasagna did she eat? How did you decide on the numerator and denominator?

Use the Self-Check Questions and Menus on the Showing Fractions pages of the Student Activity Book to choose problems to practice showing fractions.