Eighths, Fourths, and Wholes

What is the name of this fraction?

(There are two answers).

• One half

• One whole and two fourths

• One whole

• Six fourths

Ginger ordered a pizza that was cut into fourths. She ate the whole thing. How much did she eat?

• One fourth

• Two fourths

• Three fourths

• Four fourths

What is the name of this fraction?

There are two names for it.

• One half

• One whole

• Two halves

• Four halves

Which statement describes the relationship between the number of parts in Rectangle A and Rectangle B?

• Rectangle A has equal parts that are smaller than parts in Rectangle B

• Rectangle A has fewer equal parts than Rectangle B

• Rectangle A has more equal parts than Rectangle B

Mr. Daily cut a rectangular pan of brownies into 8 equal pieces. He and his family ate 5 of the cut brownies. The shaded part of the figure below shows the amount of brownies he and his family ate. How much of the pan of brownies was eaten?

Which figure is an example of fourths?

2.3(D)

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If you put all of the shaded parts together you would make how many whole circles?

Andi shaded three-fourths of a model. Which of the following could be Andi's model?

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What is the fraction for the pizza slices of this pizza. The fraction for all pieces shown.

Which statement describes the shaded parts of Figure 1 and Figure 2

• The shaded part of Figure 1 is larger than the shaded part of Figure 2 because one-half is greater than one-fourth

• The shaded part of Figure 2 is larger than the shaded part of Figure 1 because one-fourth is greater than one-half.

• The shaded part of Figure 1 is smaller than the shaded part of Figure 2 because it takes more halves than fourths to make a whole.