Unit 5 Contents

Check-In: Question 9

9. Ana has an odometer on her bicycle to measure distances. She set the odometer to zero when she left her house for school. The odometer read 0.6 or of a mile when she got to school.
1. Use circle pieces to show of a mile. A red circle represents 1 mile.
2. Is of a mile the simplest form of the fraction? Show or tell how you know.
3. Show how to find the simplest form of using circle pieces.
4. Show how to find the simplest form of using the Fractions on Number Lines Chart.
5. Show how to find the simplest form of using Jacob's method of dividing the top and bottom by the same number.

1. Decide whether each fraction is in simplest form. If it is not, reduce the fraction to lowest terms.
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9. Make a drawing showing how to use circle pieces to answer Question 1C.
10. Show how to divide the top and bottom by the same number to answer Questions 1F and 1G.

2. Here is a data table showing the number of minutes Frank practiced guitar last week. What fraction of an hour did he practice for the whole week? Express your answer as a fraction in simplest form. Show or tell how you found your answer.