part 1

Question

Vanna used fraction strips to find the difference between 5/6 and 1/4. Show your fraction strip with the equation.

part 2
What is 5/6 - 1/4?
a. 1/5
b. 7/12
c. 1/2
d. 5/8

Answer 1

To find the difference between 5/6 and 1/4 using fraction strips, you would represent both fractions using the strips.

For 5/6, you would need 6 equal length strips, and you would shade 5 of them.

For 1/4, you would need 4 equal length strips, and you would shade 1 of them.

The difference between the two fractions is represented by the unshaded portion.

So on your fraction strip, it would look like:

5/6: | | | | | (shaded)

1/4: | (shaded)

Difference: | | | (unshaded - this represents the difference between 5/6 and 1/4)

Part 2: The correct answer to 5/6 - 1/4 is b. 7/12