Fractions

Kendall cut her chocolate birthday cake into 8 equal pieces. She and her guests ate 5 pieces of cake. The shaded part of the figure below shows the amount of cake they ate. How much of her cake was eaten?

• three eighths

• five eighths

• three fifths

Which one does NOT show the hexagon in equal parts.

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Marilyn has a set of 4 cubes. Two fourths of her set of cubes are green. Which set of cubes could be Marilyn’s cubes?

HINT: set of 4

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Sam wants to share one half of his candy bar with Kathy. Which diagram shows how Sam could share his candy equally with Kathy?

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The figures are the same size and same shape. Which statement about these two figures is true?

• Figure 1's parts are smaller than Figure 2's parts because Figure 1 has more parts than Figure 2.

• Figure 2's parts are smaller than Figure 1's parts because Figure 2 has fewer parts than Figure 1.

• Figure 1's parts are larger than Figure 2's parts because Figure 1 has fewer parts than Figure 2.

The two strips are folded to represent a fraction. Each paper strip is one whole. Callie counted the shaded parts of the paper strips. Which of the following names the total shaded parts of the two paper strips?

• five eighths

• five fourths

• three fourths

Jason and six friends are playing a game.

Two people make a team. Which of these shows the number of teams that seven friends can make?

• Three and one half

• Seven eighths

• Six and one half

Jen's mom wants to cut Jen's birthday cake into sixths life the figure shown. If Jen's mom makes another same size cake, but wants the slices to be smaller, which statement best describes how she could cut the new cake?

• She should cut it into halves because there are more parts in

  halves than sixths so each part would be smaller.

• She should cut it into fourths because there are more parts in

  fourths than sixths so each part would be smaller.

• She should cut it into eighths because there are more parts in

  eighths than sixths so each part would be smaller.

Which statement about the shaded parts of the circles is true?

• The shaded part of Circle 1 is bigger than the shaded part of Circle 2

• The shaded part of Circle 2 is smaller than the shaded part of Circle 1

Each circle shown below is one whole. Which of the following names the total shaded parts of the circles?

• Seven eighths

• Seven halves

• One seventh