Fractional Parts of the Whole

How many pieces make the whole?

• 1

• 3

• 0

A fraction is part of a whole.

• True

• False

Looking at this model, why do we write the number 2 in the denominator?

• because there are two equal parts

• this does not represent a fraction

• because one piece is shaded

This represents

• one-third

• one-half

• one-fourth

Fractions are...

• A part of a whole

• Not real

• How you measure something

• The answer to a division problem

Choose the correct statement

• A fraction is a method of addition

• A fraction is a part of a whole

• Pizzas mean fractions

• There is only one whole number in a fracion

Maya's grandmother made a pie. She cut it into 8 equal parts. What fraction of the pie is one part?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

A fraction is...

(a)  

• the answer to addition

• part of a whole

• greater than one

• the difference in two values

What is a fraction? (a)  

• parts of a whole

• a hard math problem

• multiplication

• division

How many pieces make the whole? Where would you write this number?

• 1, Numerator

• 1, Denominator

• 4, Numerator

• 4, Denominator