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Grade 4 Math · Chapter 5 · Lesson 1

Practice Worksheet

A Fraction Counts Units

The bottom number names what you are counting.

10 problems · about 14 minutes · 4.NF.B.3

NameDate

Figure — use these to answer the problems

Tap pieces to shade them. Count how many units you shaded.

0/5 shaded

Equal pieces5
Figure 1

Warm-Up Review

From earlier lessons. Loosen up before the new work.

2 problems

  1. From “Number Patterns”

    Start at 7, add 4. What is the 5th term?

    Answer

  2. From “Multiples”

    Smallest common multiple of 4 and 10?

    Answer

Warm Up

Straightforward practice. Get the method working first.

4 problems

  1. How many sixths are in 5/6?

    Answer

  2. What does the bottom number of a fraction do?

    • It names the pieces.
    • It counts the pieces.

  3. How many quarters are in 3/4?

    Answer

  4. In 5/12, what does the 12 tell you?

    • The pieces are twelfths.
    • There are 12 pieces shaded.

Build It Up

The same ideas with more to keep track of.

2 problems

  1. How many eighths make one whole?

    Answer

  2. How many fifths are in 6/5?

    Answer

Stretch Yourself

Mixed problems. Work out what kind of question it is before you start.

2 problems

  1. The Pizza

    A pizza is cut into 6 equal slices. Ana eats 4. How many sixths did she eat?

    Answersixths

  2. The Ribbon

    How many tenths make up 7/10?

    Answertenths