Understanding Equivalent Fractions

The video tutorial explains an activity where friends color strips of paper with different colors. The narrator starts with blue, and others use green, red, pink, and purple. The task is to determine whose strip has the same fraction of area colored as the narrator's. The narrator's strip is divided into 6 equal sections, with 4 colored blue, equating to 4/6. Micah's strip, colored 2/3 green, is equivalent to the narrator's. The video further evaluates Joelle, Holden, and Kate's strips, concluding that only Micah's fraction matches the narrator's.

What activity are you and your friends engaged in?

• Writing a story

• Drawing a mural

• Making name cards for dinner

• Playing a board game

Which color does Micah start with?

• Purple

• Green

• Red

• Blue

How many sections of the narrator's strip are colored blue?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 2

What fraction of Micah's strip is colored green?

• 3/3

• 2/3

• 1/3

• 4/3

What is the equivalent fraction of 4/6 in Micah's strip?

• 1/2

• 2/3

• 5/6

• 3/4

What fraction of Joelle's strip is colored?

• 8/11

• 4/6

• 3/5

• 4/7

Why is Joelle's fraction not equivalent to the narrator's?

• Different color used

• Same number of sections

• Different number of sections

• Same size of sections

What fraction of Holden's strip is colored?

• 3/5

• 4/6

• 2/3

• 4/7

What fraction of Kate's strip is colored?

• 3/5

• 8/11

• 4/6

• 2/3

Why is Kate's fraction not equivalent to the narrator's?

• Different color

• Same fraction

• Different denominator

• Different numerator