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4th Grade
Reading comprehension, writing, multiplication, division, and problem solving
Worksheet for 2026-10-06
📖 The Fourths and Eighths Debate
Two students drew equal-sized paper gardens. One shaded three of four equal sections. The other shaded six of eight equal sections. At first, they argued about who had planted more because six was greater than three. They laid the drawings side by side and split each fourth into two equal parts. The shaded areas matched. Three fourths and six eighths named the same portion of the same-sized whole. They also noted that fractions alone would not prove equal actual areas if the original gardens had different sizes.
1. Which fractions are compared?
2. Why are they equivalent?
3. Why is comparing only 6 and 3 misleading?
4. Why does the size of the whole matter?
✏️ Writing
Explain equivalence using a drawing and four sentences.
➕ Math
🎨 Color & Create
Draw equal rectangles showing 3/4 and 6/8.
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📖 Reading Answers
- 3/4 and 6/8.
- Each fourth equals two eighths, so three fourths equals six eighths.
- The pieces are different sizes.
- Equal fractions of different-sized wholes can represent different areas.
➕ Math Answers
- 36
- 150
- 2 pounds
- 4