Unit 2 Contents

of a cake

of the students are wearing glasses.

of a hexagon

2. When you read a fraction:
1. What information does the denominator give you?
2. What information does the numerator give you?
3. If each fraction represents of a cake, what other information is necessary to know the size of this piece of cake?
4. Jerome divided a cake into four pieces as shown on the left. David divided the same size cake into four pieces as shown on the right.

1. Who divided the cake fairly? Show or tell how you know.
2. Which cake is divided into fourths? Tell why it shows fourths.