Understanding Whole Numbers as Fractions

Mia and her mom use baking to teach fractions. They start by cutting a cake into equal pieces, explaining denominators and numerators. As pieces are eaten, the fraction changes. They then explore how to represent more than one whole using fractions and demonstrate this on a number line. By the end, Mia and her mom have baked cakes and gained a better understanding of fractions.

What is the denominator when a whole cake is divided into 4 equal parts?

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

If Mia and her mom have 3 cakes, each represented as 1/1, what is the fraction for all the cakes together?

• 3/3

• 1/1

• 3/1

• 1/3

What happens to the fraction when a piece of cake is removed from a whole divided into 4 parts?

• It becomes 3/4

• It becomes 4/4

• It becomes 2/4

• It becomes 1/4

How can you represent a fraction on a number line when you have more than one whole?

• By using only one section

• By marking only the whole numbers

• By ignoring the number line

• By dividing the line into equal sections for each whole

What does it mean if the numerator is larger than the denominator in a fraction?

• It represents zero

• It represents more than one whole

• It represents exactly one whole

• It represents less than one whole