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E. Number Tales 1) If Mrs.

Gomez divides small cakes into fourths, how many cakes will she need to serve her seven visitors? 2) Dina gave Cely 1/3 of her chocolate pie. She gave Melba 1/6 of same pie. Taken together, what of the pie did Cely and Melba get? 3) My mother bought 3 kilos of beef. I helped her cook 1 kilos, and we dried the remainder. How many kilos of meat did we dry? 4) If two watermelons were to be divided equally among six boys, what part of the watermelons should each boy get? 5) Tito had math problems to solve. He managed to solve only half of them. How many problems did Tito leave unsolved?

6) Jimmy has to walk 2 kilometers to reach the nearest town. If he had walked 1 kilometers, how much farther does he have to go? 7) A piece of cloth 7 meters long is to be divided into three equal parts by three girls. How many meters of cloth will each girl receive? 8) Christine wants to serve 1/3 of a pie to each of her eight friends. How many pies will she need? 9) Rina bought kilo of peanuts from one vendor, and 1/3 kilo of peanuts from another. How many kilos of peanuts did she buy? 10)Mario needs some pieces of cord, each meter long. His father gave him a five meterlong cord. How many meter-long pieces of cord can Mario cut from this?

A. Little Jojo is turning eight, and he wants to have a party. He plans to serve cake and ice cream, but hes not sure how many people hell invite and how much cake hell need. Please help him decide by showing him different ways to cut his cake.

WHAT IF I INVITED ONLY A FEW FRIENDS, BUT CUT THE CAKE INTO MANY PIECESTHEN WE COULD ALL HAVE SECOND HELPINGS!

1.to serve 4 people

2. to serve 6 people

3. to serve 8 people

4. to serve 12 people

Being a cake-lover, Jojo began thinking: B. Would the following pairs be more, less, or equal? Encircle your answer, then write fraction for each piece.

1.

More Less Equal

3.

More Less Equal

2.

More Less Equal

4.

More Less Equal

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