IXL | Fractions of a whole: modeling word problems

In art class, Katie is making a flag. She divides her flag into 3 equal parts to experiment with different designs.

Which fraction model represents one part of the flag?

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Ann's mother has made popcorn for family movie night. Ann serves herself a large bowl of popcorn and serves her brothers smaller bowls of popcorn. "Wait!" says her mother. "Make sure everyone gets the same amount of popcorn." So, Ann divides the popcorn into 3 equal-sized bowls.

Which fraction model represents one bowl of the popcorn?

key idea

A fraction model represents a part of a whole.

solution

The popcorn is the whole.

Ann divides the popcorn into 3 equal-sized bowls. The fraction model should have 3 equal parts.

Color 1 part to show one bowl of the popcorn.

This fraction model shows

It represents one bowl of the popcorn.

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