TEKS 4.3C Worksheets — Grade 4 Determine if two given fractions are equivalent

Gabriela went to the San Antonio Stock Show and bought 3/4 of a pound of brisket and 1/4 of a pound of sausage. How much meat did Gabriela buy in total?

1. 1 pound ✓
2. 1/2 pound
3. 1/4 pound
4. 2 pounds

Why: To find the total amount of meat Gabriela bought, you can add the two fractions together. 3/4 + 1/4 = (3 + 1)/4 = 4/4, which equals 1 pound. Therefore, Gabriela bought 1 pound of meat.

Cristian is making tacos to share with his family during a picnic in Dallas. He has 1/4 of a taco filled with beans and 1/4 of a taco filled with cheese. How much of a taco does Cristian have in total?

1. 1/2 ✓
2. 1/4
3. 1
4. 1/8

Why: To find out how much of a taco Cristian has in total, we add the two fractions: 1/4 + 1/4 = 2/4, which simplifies to 1/2. Therefore, Cristian has 1/2 of a taco in total.

Gabriela is helping her family sell fresh strawberries at the local farmers market in Houston. They have two baskets of strawberries. The first basket contains 1/4 of a bushel and the second basket contains 1/2 of a bushel. How much strawberries do they have in total?

1. 3/4 ✓
2. 1/4
3. 1/2
4. 1/8

Why: To find the total amount of strawberries, we need to add the two fractions: 1/4 + 1/2. First, we can convert 1/2 to an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 4, which is 2/4. Now we can add: 1/4 + 2/4 = 3/4. Therefore, Gabriela and her family have 3/4 of a bushel of strawberries in total.

Riya is helping her family prepare traditional tamales for a community festival in Nacogdoches, Texas. They decided to make 2 batches of tamales. Each batch includes 12 tamales. Riya’s cousin, Aiko, says they can eat some tamales now and save the rest for later. If they eat 1/4 of the tamales they made, how many tamales will they have left?

1. 18 ✓
2. 24
3. 12
4. 30

Why: First, calculate the total number of tamales made: 2 batches × 12 tamales per batch = 24 tamales. Then, find out how many tamales they eat: 1/4 of 24 is 24 ÷ 4 = 6 tamales eaten. Finally, subtract the eaten tamales from the total: 24 - 6 = 18 tamales left. Therefore, the answer is 18.

Fatima is planning a birthday party and wants to invite her friends. She has 12 friends total, and she wants to invite 1/4 of them. What does this fraction represent in terms of the number of friends she will invite?

1. 3 ✓
2. 4
3. 6
4. 12

Why: To find out how many friends Fatima will invite, you need to calculate 1/4 of 12. This means dividing the total number of friends (12) by 4. So, 12 ÷ 4 = 3. Thus, Fatima will invite 3 friends, which is represented by the fraction 1/4 of her total friends.

Avery has a recipe for tacos that uses 1/3 cup of cheese and 2/3 cup of meat. If she wants to make the same recipe again, how much cheese and meat will she need in total?

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

Why: To find the total amount of cheese and meat Avery needs for one batch of tacos, you add the amounts together: 1/3 cup of cheese + 2/3 cup of meat = 1 cup. Thus, the correct answer is 1 cup.

Alejandro is helping his family at their farm in East Texas. They harvested some vegetables and put them in baskets. If 1/2 of the vegetables were tomatoes and 1/4 of the vegetables were bell peppers, which of the following fractions represents the vegetables that were not tomatoes or bell peppers?

1. 1/4 ✓
2. 1/2
3. 1/3
4. 3/4

Why: To find out what fraction of the vegetables were not tomatoes or bell peppers, we need to add the fractions for tomatoes (1/2) and bell peppers (1/4). First, we can convert 1/2 to a fraction with a common denominator of 4, which gives us 2/4. Now, we add 2/4 and 1/4 to get 3/4. This means 3/4 of the vegetables are either tomatoes or bell peppers. The remaining fraction of vegetables is 1 - 3/4, which equals 1/4. Therefore, the correct answer is 1/4.

Mateo is baking cookies for a school fundraiser. He has 1/2 of a bag of chocolate chips, and he uses 1/4 of the bag for each batch he makes. How many batches of cookies can Mateo bake with the chocolate chips he has?

1. 2 ✓
2. 3
3. 4
4. 1

Why: To find out how many batches Mateo can make, we divide the total amount of chocolate chips he has (1/2) by the amount he uses for each batch (1/4). This can be set up as 1/2 ÷ 1/4, which is the same as multiplying 1/2 by the reciprocal of 1/4 (which is 4/1). So, 1/2 × 4/1 = 4/2 = 2. Therefore, Mateo can bake 2 batches of cookies.