TEKS 4.3B Worksheets — Grade 4 Decompose a fraction in more than one

Pablo is making tacos for his family and needs to prepare some cheese. He has 3/4 of a pound of cheese. He decides to use 1/4 of a pound for each taco he makes. How many tacos can Pablo make with the cheese he has?

1. 3 ✓
2. 4
3. 2
4. 1

Why: To find out how many tacos Pablo can make, we divide the total cheese (3/4 pound) by the amount of cheese used per taco (1/4 pound). This can be calculated as 3/4 ÷ 1/4, which is the same as multiplying 3/4 by the reciprocal of 1/4, or 3/4 * 4/1. This simplifies to 3, meaning Pablo can make 3 tacos.

Luna went to a taco stand in San Antonio and bought 3/4 of a pound of beef for her breakfast tacos. She decided to share the beef equally among her 3 friends. What fraction of a pound of beef will each friend receive?

1. 1/4 ✓
2. 1/3
3. 1/2
4. 1/5

Why: To find out how much beef each friend will get, you need to divide the total amount of beef, 3/4 pounds, by the number of friends, which is 3. You can think of this as splitting 3/4 into 3 equal parts. When you do the division, you get 1/4. Therefore, each friend receives 1/4 of a pound of beef.

Victoria loves visiting the Hill Country in Texas during spring when the bluebonnets bloom. She picked 3/8 of a basket of bluebonnets. Later, she picked another 2/8 of a basket. How much of the basket of bluebonnets did Victoria pick in total?

1. 5/8 ✓
2. 6/8
3. 3/8
4. 4/8

Why: To find out how much of the basket of bluebonnets Victoria picked in total, you add the two fractions together: 3/8 + 2/8 = 5/8. Therefore, Victoria picked 5/8 of the basket of bluebonnets.

Avery went to a pecan orchard in Texas. She picked a total of 3/4 of a pecan pie. Later, she shared the pie with her friends and gave away 1/4 of it. How much of the pie does Avery have left now?

1. 1/2 ✓
2. 1/4
3. 3/4
4. 1/8

Why: Avery starts with 3/4 of a pecan pie. If she gives away 1/4 of the pie, we need to subtract 1/4 from 3/4. The calculation is 3/4 - 1/4 = 2/4, which simplifies to 1/2. Therefore, Avery has 1/2 of the pie left.

Reese made a delicious lunch that included 3/8 of a pizza and 2/8 of a salad. Which of the following fractions represents the total amount of food Reese made for lunch?

1. 5/8 ✓
2. 2/8
3. 3/8
4. 1/8

Why: To find the total amount of food, you add the fractions of pizza and salad. The sum is 3/8 + 2/8 = 5/8. Therefore, the correct answer is 5/8.

Luna is helping her family plant bluebonnets in their garden near New Braunfels, Texas. They have already planted 3/8 of the garden. If they want to plant the rest of the garden with bluebonnets, which of the following fractions represents the portion of the garden they still need to plant?

1. 5/8 ✓
2. 1/8
3. 3/8
4. 2/8

Why: Luna has already planted 3/8 of the garden, so to find out how much more they need to plant, we can subtract the portion already planted from the whole garden. The whole garden is represented as 8/8, so the remaining part is 8/8 - 3/8. This equals 5/8, which means they still need to plant 5/8 of the garden with bluebonnets.

Aniyah is baking a pecan pie for her family's picnic in Texas. She needs 1/4 cup of sugar and 1/4 cup of brown sugar. If she adds the two amounts together, how much sugar does she use in total?

1. 1/2 ✓
2. 1/4
3. 1
4. 3/4

Why: To find the total amount of sugar Aniyah uses, we add the two fractions together: 1/4 + 1/4 = 2/4, which simplifies to 1/2. Therefore, the correct answer is 1/2.

David is making a fruit salad with peaches and strawberries. He adds 3/4 of a cup of peaches and 1/4 of a cup of strawberries. How much fruit did David add to his salad in total?

1. 1 cup ✓
2. 1/2 cup
3. 3/4 cup
4. 2/4 cup

Why: To find the total amount of fruit David added, you add the fractions 3/4 and 1/4. Since they have the same denominator, you can combine the numerators: 3 + 1 = 4. This gives you 4/4, which is equal to 1 cup. Therefore, the correct answer is 1 cup.