Fractions Review

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 shows the amount of cake they ate.

What is the fraction for the shaded part?

• A. Three eighths

• B. Five Eighths

• C. Three Fifths

Coy, Ben, and Jim each drew a circle on their paper. Coy cut his circle in halves. Ben cut his circle into thirds. Jim cut his circle into fourths. Draw lines in the circles to prove which of these statements is true.

• Ben has the largest pieces.

• Ben has the smallest pieces.

• Jim has larger pieces than Ben.

• Coy has pieces that are larger than Jim and Ben.

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?

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• A

• B

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What fraction of the circle is SHADED yellow?

• ⅙

• ⅚

• ¼

What fraction of the rectangle is blue?

• three-fourths

• one-fourth

• one-third

• three-sixths

What fraction of the people are blue?

• 3 out of 4

• 1 out of 4

• one half

• none

What fraction of the rectangle is SHADED BLUE?

• 4/3

• ¾

• ¼

• 1/3

• half
• third
• fourth

Select TWO sets where the number of red apples does NOT represent the fraction one-half.

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