Dividing Whole Numbers and Unit Fractions Models

Savon baked a pan of brownie to share with his 4 friends at school. His brother took half of the brownie and Savon took the other half. Savon cut his half of brownie into four equal parts to share with his friends at school. What fractional part of the original pan of brownie is represented by each of Savon’s pieces?

• 8

• 1

• 1/10

• 1/8

Mark's grandma has 8 cups of sugar to make cookies for the school carnival. Each batch of cookies uses 1/6

cup of sugar. How many batches of cookies can she make

• 24

• 48

• 40

• 36

Ginger cut 9 yards of fabric into pieces that are 1/4 yard long. How many 1/4-yard pieces did she make from the 9 yards of fabric?

• 13

• 36

What does a unit fraction represent in an area model or length model?

• Half of a whole

• Two parts of a whole

• One part of a whole that has been equally partitioned

• Three parts of a whole

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• C

• D

• 32 batches of cookies

• 24 batches of cookies

• 28 batches of cookies

• 100 batches of cookies

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How can the unit fraction1/4 be represented on a number line?

• By dividing the number line into equal parts

• By dividing the length of 0 to 1 by fourths and marking 1/4

• By marking off a length of size (1/2) from zero

• By marking off a length of size (1/4) from zero