Fractions at a Pizza Party
MATH 3 B: UNDERSTANDING FRACTIONS
Pizza Fractions: Part 1
Eight friends went to a pizzeria for a pizza party. They each got to create their own
personal pizza. They all started with the same amount of dough. Four of the
children made round pizzas and four made rectangular pizzas. Each child chose how
many slices he wanted his pizza cut into, and the chef cut the pizza into equal
slices. Then the friends ate pizza until their bellies were full!
The friends’ pizzas are shown in the picture. The gray, shaded areas represent the
amount of pizza that was eaten. Use the information in the pictures to answer the
exploration questions.
1/2 pizza, 1/8 pizza, 3/4 pizza, 3/8 pizza, 4/8 pizza, 5/8 pizza, 1 pizza, 1/4 pizza
Identify the fraction of pizza that was eaten for each pizza pie.
Pizza A B C D E F G H
Fraction
Eaten
Show where these fractions are on the number line. Label the tick marks with
the corresponding letter of the pizza.
