Question

Brett shaded 4/8 of a sheet of notebook paper. Aisha says he shaded 1/2 of the paper . Are the two fractions equivalent ? If so , what is another equivalent fraction ?

Answer 1

Yes, the fractions are equivalent. Other fractions are 5/10, 6/12, 7/14,8/16, 9/18, 10/20.

Answer 2

We have,

Brett shaded
`(4)/(8)` of the paper.

Aisha says that he shaded
`(1)/(2)` of the paper.

As,
`(4)/(8)=(1)/(2)`

So, we see that both the fractions are equivalent.

Also,
`(5)/(10)=(1)/(2)`

Thus, the three fractions
`(4)/(8)`,
`(5)/(10)` and
`(1)/(2)` are equivalent.