Name Angelly Fernandez
Read the problem below. Then answer the questions to help you understand
the problem.
Nelda baked two kinds of pasta in pans. Each pan was the
same size. She sliced one pan of pasta into 6 equal pieces.
She sliced the other pan into 8 equal pieces. How can the
pans of pasta now be sliced so that both pans have the
same-sized pieces? Draw on the pictures to show your
work. If Nelda has served 6 pieces from one pan so far,
what fraction of one pan has she served?
8x2 + 6x² = 16-6 = 10
Build Mathematical
Literacy
7-2
1.
How many equal pieces of pasta does Nelda create in the first pan? In the
second pan?
2. What fraction of the pan is one piece of pasta in the first pan? What
fraction of the pan is one piece of pasta in the second pan?
3. What do you need to find to determine how to slice the pasta so the pans
have the same size pieces?
4. How many pieces will each pan have after she cuts them all the same size?
5. For the second question, does it matter which pan Nelda serves the
6 pieces from? Explain.