Lesson 6.

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Name
Equivalent Fractions Number and Operations—
Essential Question How can you use models to show equivalent fractions? Fractions—4.NF.A.1
MATHEMATICAL PRACTICES
MP2, MP4, MP7 Hands
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Investigate
Investigate
Materials ■ color pencils
Joe cut a pan of lasagna into third-size pieces. He kept 1_3
and gave the rest away. Joe will not eat his part all at once.
How can he cut his part into smaller, equal-size pieces?
A. Draw on the model to show how Joe could cut his part
of the lasagna into 2 equal pieces.

You can rename these 2 equal pieces as a fraction of the

original pan of lasagna.
Suppose Joe had cut the original pan of
lasagna into equal pieces of this size.

How many pieces would there be? _

What fraction of the pan is 1 piece? _

What fraction of the pan is 2 pieces? _

You can rename 1_3 as _.

B. Now draw on the model to show how Joe could cut his
part of the lasagna into 4 equal pieces.
You can rename these 4 equal pieces as a fraction of the
original pan of lasagna.
Suppose Joe had cut the original pan of
lasagna into equal pieces of this size.

How many pieces would there be? _

What fraction of the pan is 1 piece? _

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What fraction of the pan is 4 pieces? _

You can rename 1_3 as _.

C. Fractions that name the same amount are equivalent

fractions. Write the equivalent fractions.

1__ = _____ = _____

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 Draw Conclusions
1. Compare the models for 1_3 and 2_6 . How does the number
of parts relate to the sizes of the parts?

2. Describe how the numerators are related and how the

denominators are related in 1_3 = 2_6 .

3. SMARTER Does 1_3 = 3_9 ? Explain.

Make
Make Connections
Connections
Savannah has 2_4 yard of ribbon, and Isabel has 3_8 yard of ribbon.
How can you determine whether Savannah and Isabel have
the same length of ribbon?
The equal sign (=) and not equal to sign (≠) show
whether fractions are equivalent.
Tell whether 2_4 and 3_8 are equivalent. Write = or ≠.
STEP 1 Shade the amount 0 1 2 3 4
of ribbon Savannah has. 4 4 4 4 4
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STEP 2 Shade the amount

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
of ribbon Isabel has. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
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Use the model to write an equivalent fraction.

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model 10 . Ana used fewer parts to model an many eighth-size parts do you need to
equivalent fraction. How does the size of a model 3_4 ? Explain.
part in Ana’s model compare to the size of a
tenth-size part? What size part did Ana use?
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What is his error?

Draw models of 2 pizzas with a different

number of equal pieces. Use shading to
Describe Ben’s error. show __41 of each pizza.

12. SMARTERFor numbers 12a–12d, tell whether the fractions

are equivalent by selecting the correct symbol.
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 Practice and Homework
Name
Lesson 6.1
Equivalent Fractions
COMMON CORE STANDARD—4.NF.A.1
Extend understanding of fraction equivalence
and ordering.
Use the model to write an equivalent fraction.

1.

4
_ 2
_
6 = 3

2.

3
_
4 =

Tell whether the fractions are equivalent. Write = or ≠.

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3. __ 4
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Problem
Problem Solving
Solving

7. Jamal finished 5_6 of his homework. Margaret 8. Sophia’s vegetable garden is divided into 12
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finished of her homework, and Steve finished
4 equal sections. She plants carrots in
__ of his homework. Which two students
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12 8 of the sections. Write two fractions that are
finished the same amount of homework? equivalent to the part of Sophia’s garden that
is planted with carrots.
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9. WRITE Math Draw a model to show a fraction that is

equivalent to 1_ and a fraction that is not equivalent to 1_ .
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Lesson Check (4.NF.A.1)
1. A rectangle is divided into 8 equal 2. Jeff uses 3 fifth-size strips to model 3_5 . He
parts. Two parts are shaded. What wants to use tenth-size strips to model an
fraction is equivalent to the shaded equivalent fraction. How many tenth-size
area of the rectangle? strips will he need?

Spiral Review (4.OA.A.3, 4.OA.B.4, 4.NBT.B.5, 4.NBT.B.6)

3. Cassidy places 40 stamps on each of 4. Maria and 3 friends have 1,200 soccer cards.
8 album pages. How many stamps does If they share the soccer cards equally, how
she place? many will each person receive?

5. Six groups of students sell 162 balloons 6. Four students each made a list of prime
at the school carnival. There are 3 students numbers.
in each group. If each student sells the same Eric: 5, 7, 17, 23
number of balloons, how many balloons Maya: 3, 5, 13, 17
does each student sell? Bella: 2, 3, 17, 19
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Jordan: 7, 11, 13, 21

Who made an error and included a
composite number? Write the composite
number from his or her list.

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