1.6.1 Try some yourself
Activity 9
The diagram below shows an oatmeal cake marked into 12 equal portions. I want to give my sister a third of the cake. Where could I cut the cake, and what would be left over?

Answer

(There are several other ways of cutting the cake into one-third (4 portions) and two-thirds (8 portions).)
Activity 10
Which two of the following fractions are equivalent to each other?

Answer
Only and
are equivalent fractions, since
.
(Notice that neither , which is
, nor
, which is
, are equivalent to
.)
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