Maths :

Octagons - answer the following questions in red:

Miss Clark has a cake that she has to share with seven other people. What fraction of the cake does Miss Clark get to eat?

1/8

Because Ms Clark must have cut the cake in 8 pieces. Ms clark ate one piece, leaving 7 more pieces of cake for the other 8 people.

She then to shared another cake with 12 people but ate 4 pieces because she was feeling super hungry. What fraction of the cake did she eat? (Simplify this)

4/16

Because Ms Clark must have cut this cake in 16 pieces. Ms Clark ate 4 pieces of cake, leaving another 12 pieces for the twelve people.

What is ⅖ of 20? 8

20 divide by 5 = 4

4 x 2 = 8

James has 32 lollies in a bag, he eats ½ of his lollies. How many lollies does James eat?

1/2 of 32 = 16

32 divide by 2 = 16

Michael knows that walking to school takes one hour. Walking to his nanas house only takes ¼ of that time. How long does it take to walk to nanas?

1 hour is 60 minutes so 1/4 of 60 = 15

It took me six hours to walk up Mount Tapawai, however only 1/3 of that time to walk back down, how many hours could I  have walked down in?

6 hours is 360 minutes so 1/3 of 360 = 120

What is ¼ of 300?

75

What is ¾ of 200?

150

Mum gave me $100 for xmas I spent $¼ of it buying a top for myself. How much was my top?

1/4 of 100 = 25

Because half of 100 is 50 and half of 50 = 25

James got paid $90 a day from work. He spent ½ on his groceries, how much did he spent on his groceries?

1/2 of 90 = 45

Because 45 + 45 = 90

What is 5/9 of 45?

25

What is ⅗ of 200?

40

What is 9/12 of 144?

108

Mum and I bought two bags of lollies from the dairy. In each bag there were 25 lollies. Mum ate ⅕ of the lollies. How many lollies did she eat in total?

The answer is 10

25 + 25 = 50

1/5 of 50 = 10

How many lollies were left over?

40

In the class 3 library there are  120 books, Miss Clark has read ¼ of them, how many books has she read?

1/4 of 120 = 30

Create an image with 32 boxes. Shade in ¼ of the boxes.