Fractions of a Whole (Word) Worksheet Download
This worksheet pairs a short word problem with a picture of a food that has been cut into equal pieces, with the eaten pieces missing. A different food appears in every problem - pizza, pie, cookie, orange, pancake, cake, brownie and sandwich - so students meet the same idea across both round and rectangular wholes. Some questions say how many pieces were eaten and ask what fraction is left; others only say that some were eaten, so the missing pieces have to be counted. Answers are written over the total number of pieces, which keeps attention on the whole the fraction refers to.
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Fractions of a Whole
Students use a picture of a food cut into equal pieces to name the fraction that is left or the fraction that was eaten.
About this worksheet
Students use a picture of a food cut into equal pieces to name the fraction that is left or the fraction that was eaten.
Student objectives
- Name the fraction of a whole that is left after some equal pieces are removed
- Count the missing pieces in a picture to name the fraction that was eaten
- Use the total number of equal pieces as the denominator
- Recognize the same fraction idea in round wholes and in rectangular wholes
Everyday practice
- Working out how much pizza is left after a few slices are taken
- Saying what fraction of a chocolate bar is gone after sharing it
- Describing how much of a cake is left over after a party
- Splitting an orange with a friend and naming the part each person gets