Name: ________________________ Date: _____________

Finding Fractional Parts

Complete the following riddles to find the fractional parts of the whole. Use the fraction foods to help demonstrate each answer.

Pizza Time!

· Pretend you are at home. While watching a movie with friends, you and your 4 friends suddenly got hungry. Since everyone said they were hungry, Mom ordered a pizza pie for you and your friends to eat.

1. If there are 8 slices of pizza, and each person ate 1 slice, what is the fraction that names the number of slices that were eaten?

2. What is the fraction that names the number of slices of pizza that were not eaten?

3. Before you had a chance to eat the pizza, 1 friend had to leave. Now, it was just you and 3 friends that wanted 1 slice of pizza each. What is the fraction that names the number of slices eaten from the whole pizza?

Time for a chocolate break!

· Traveling from station to station, and working on these riddles can be hard work. Stop for a chocolate break to treat yourselves!

1. Have the oldest person in your group hand each member a piece of the chocolate bar to eat. Don’t forget to include yourself and have a piece! Name the fraction that shows how many pieces of chocolate were eaten.

2. Name the fraction that shows how many pieces of chocolate are left.

3. Using the pieces of chocolate that are left, have the youngest person in the group hand a second piece to each member of the group. What is the fraction that names how much chocolate is left now?

I baked you a pie!

· Last night I was supposed to bake a pie for myself and one for each of my 3 friends, but I only had time to bake 1 pie. With the 1 pie that I baked, I cut it into 4 large pieces.

1. What is the fraction that names the number of slices that I have cut my 1 pie into?

2. As soon as the pie had come out of the oven, Megan stopped by to pick up her slice. After I gave Megan a slice I could not figure out the fraction of slices I had left. Could you please name the fraction of slices I have left?

3. Megan left my house with her slice. Shortly after, Nicole and Eddie stopped by to pick up their 1 slice each. Once all of my friends left with their slices, what fraction of the pie was I left with?

An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

· Our school librarian had an extra apple with her today, so she decided to give it to me. Now, I have decided to share the apple with you. My apple slicer can only slice apples into 6 pieces, but I think that will be enough for us.

1. Each member of your group may take 1 slice each. Now that each member has taken a slice, can you name the fraction for the number of slices taken from the whole apple?

2. If each member has taken a slice, what is the fraction that names the slices left for myself?