Partitioning Fractions

If Mrs. Scott wants to share her cake with Ms. Templeton and Mrs. Nichols, she would cut her cake into _____. They would each get 1 piece.

• fourths
• thirds
• halves

• A

• B

• C

• D

• A

• B

• C

• D

• 1/4

• 2/4

• 3/4

• 1/6

• 1/6

• 2/6

• 3/6

• 4/6

• 3/8

• 1/4

• 2/6

• 3/6

• 2/6

• 1/6

• 2/3

• 3/6

Mr. Flores ordered some ice cream cones for his family. Four of the cones were chocolate, and two were vanilla.

Mr. Flores shared all of the ice cream cones equally between himself, his wife, and his son.

What fractional amount of the ice cream cones will each person receive?

Kameron has eight mechanical pencils. He shared the pencils equally among himself, Charlie, Clint, and Mitchell.

What fraction of the mechanical pencils did Kameron keep for himself?

The figure represents a pie divided into six equal pieces. Jackie, Trey, and Tonja each ate the same amount of pie.

Which fraction of the pie did each child eat?