Unit Fractions

The video tutorial explains the concept of unit fractions using a pizza machine as an example. Nicole works at a pizza restaurant where she handles pizza slices from a circular machine divided into eight slots. Each slice represents a unit fraction of 1/8. The tutorial demonstrates how to count these unit fractions and how they form a whole. It further illustrates how to break down fractions into unit fractions, using the example of removing four slices to show the remaining fraction. The lesson concludes with a recap of the unit fraction concept.

What is the shape of the pizza machine Nicole works with?

• Circle

• Triangle

• Rectangle

• Square

How many unit fractions make up the whole pizza?

• 4

• 6

• 10

• 8

What fraction represents the whole pizza?

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 8/8

• 4/8

If four slices are removed, what fraction of the pizza is left?

• 8/8

• 2/8

• 4/8

• 6/8

How many unit fractions are needed to represent 4/8?

• 3

• 2

• 4

• 5