Unit 8 Contents

7. Nicholas and his friends are trying to collect money to help take care of their class pet. The Parent Teacher Group donated of the money needed. The class needed to collect the other of the money. Below is a list of other money they have collected.

1. Did they collect all the money needed to take care of the class pet?
2. Show how to solve the problem using circle pieces.
3. Nicholas started to write a number sentence for this problem. Help him complete it.

= + _______ + _______

Finding Equivalent Fractions

For Questions 8–18, think of the red circle as one whole.

8. Use the fraction circle pieces to find fractions equal to .
9. Jerome wrote: = . Do you agree with Jerome? Explain.
1. Nila showed how she decided that = . In your own words, what did Nila do?

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2. Help Nila find another fraction equal to .

1. Use the fraction circle pieces to show two fractions equal to .
2. Use Nila's method to find two other fractions equal to .