Roberto's Way

Roberto didn't have any paper to fold. Instead he drew a rectangular-shaped pizza and solved in a way similar to Yolanda's way. He drew vertical lines to divide the rectangle into thirds. He shaded 2 of the 3 parts orange.

To find of the , he drew horizontal lines dividing the rectangle into fourths.

He shaded of the -part blue. This shows the product of .

    1. How many little pieces are in the whole rectangle?
    2. What fractional part of the whole rectangle is each piece?
    3. What fractional part of the whole rectangle is shaded blue? Write a number sentence: =
    1. Draw a rectangle like Roberto did to solve .
      • Draw vertical lines to divide the rectangle into 6 parts.
      • Shade of the rectangle one color.
      • To find of the , draw horizontal lines to divide the rectangle into 3 parts.
      • Shade of a different color.
    2. How many little pieces are in the whole rectangle?
    3. What fractional part of the whole rectangle is shaded with two colors? Write a number sentence: =