Lesson 1 Representations of Fractions (Part 1)
Let’s name some fractions and represent them visually.
Warm-up What Do You Know About …?
What do you know about
Activity 1 Fraction Strips
Your teacher will give you strips of paper. Each strip represents 1.
Use the strips to represent halves, fourths, and eighths.
Use one strip for each fraction and label the parts.
What do you notice about the number of parts or the size of the parts? Make at least two observations.
Activity 2 Fractions, Represented
Problem 1
If each full diagram represents 1, what fraction does each shaded part represent?
Problem 2
Here are four blank diagrams. Each diagram represents 1. Partition each diagram and shade one part so that the shaded part represents the given fraction.
Problem 3
Suppose you are creating a representation of
Practice Problem
Problem 1
The entire diagram represents 1 whole. Shade the diagram to represent
. To represent
on the tape diagram, would we shade more or less than what we did for ? Explain your reasoning.