4.3 ABE Representing, add/subtract, decomposing fractions STAAR

Which expression is equivalent to 9/8?

• 3/8 + 3/8

• 1/2 + 2/3 + 6/3

• 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9

• 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8

The fraction 3/8 can be represented by this expression.

• 2/8

• 3/8

• 1/8

• 1/16

Which expression is equivalent to 6/5?

• 1/6 + 1/5

• 1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5

• 1/5 + 6/5

• 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6

The model is shaded to represent a mixed number with a value greater than 1 whole. Which equation shows two different ways to represent this mixed number as a sum?

• 2/3 + 3/3 = 1 + 1/3

• 4/3 + 5/3 = 3 + 2/3

• 4/3 + 3/3 = 2 + 1/3

• 4/3 + 5/3 = 3 + 1/3

• 5/3 + 2/3 = 4 + 1/3

The blank model shown can be shaded to represent 7/10. Which expression does NOT show a way to represent 7/10 as a sum of fractions?

• 2/10 + 2/10 + 2/10 + 1/10

• 4/10 + 3/10 - 3/10

• 6/10 + 1/10

• 1/10 + 1/10 + 1/10 + 1/10 + 1/10 + 1/10 + 1/10

The model is shaded to represent one whole. Which expression CANNOT be used to represent this number?

• 4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4

• 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4

• 4/4 + 4/4 + 3/4 + 1/4

• 3/4 + 3/4 + 3/4 + 3/4

This model can be shaded to represent the fraction 7/4. Which number sentence represents two different ways that 7/4 can be represented with shaded fractions on the model?

• 2/4 + 2/4 + 3/4 = 5/4 + 2/4

• 3/4 + 4/4 + 1/4 = 4/4 + 1/4

• 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 3/4 = 4/4

• 2/4 + 3/4 + 2/4 = 7/4 + 1/4

The two models are shaded to represent the same fraction, 5/7: Which equation shows that the two models represent the same fraction?

• 2/7 + 3/7 + 4/7 = 4/7 + 1/7

• 2/7 + 3/7 + 5/7 = 5/7 + 1/7

• 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 = 1/4 + 1/1

• 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/5 = 1/5 + 1/1

The number of each type of book in Jaxon's bookshelf is shown. What fraction of the books are mystery or sports books? Enter your answer in the space provided.

A gardener planted 28 bushes in 4 rows. All of the bushes were either rose bushes or lilac bushes. The shaded parts of the model represent the lilac bushes. Which equation shows how to find the fraction of the bushes that are lilac bushes?

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