Question

An area model has 3 shaded parts and 1 unshaded part. The shaded parts are labeled three-fourths.
How many fourths are in 3
4
?

StartFraction 4 Over 16 EndFraction
One-half
3
4

Answer 1

To find out how many fourths are in \(\frac{3}{4}\), we can express \(\frac{3}{4}\) in terms of fourths.

Since \(\frac{3}{4}\) already has a denominator of 4, we can interpret this as having 3 parts that are each one-fourth. Specifically, \(\frac{3}{4}\) means that you have three \( \frac{1}{4} \) parts.

So, the answer is:

There are **3 fourths** in \(\frac{3}{4}\).