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1 The Fraction Human is a perfect homework project, center activity, or cumulative assessment for your fraction unit. When students follow the instructions, they will end up with a clever fraction human. This product is easy to use! Simply copy the following two pages onto separate pieces of paper, one for each student. Students follow the directions and create their own work of art. More Fraction Resources You May Enjoy: If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at teachingwithamountainview@gmail.com Please Note: Your purchase entitles you to use this product in one classroom. If you love what you have bought, please share the link to my TpT store with your colleagues. Thank you! Each page of this document is copyright Teaching With a Mountain View, Ltd. You do not have permission to claim any part as your own, and you may not share or sell anything based on this document. Please do not post this document on any web page unless it is password-protected and for STUDENT use only. I have many, many more math projects and task cards at my TpT Store. Come take a look and FOLLOW ME for freebies and Common Core Resources! Visit Me Here, There, and Everywhere! Teaching With a Mountain View

2 CAREFULLY FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS BELOW TO MAKE YOUR FRACTION HUMAN! Use 2/3 of circle A for the person s body. Use 4/4 of circle B for the person s head. Divide circle C in half. Use 1/2 of circle C for one ear, and 1/2 of circle C for the other ear. Use 1/2 of rectangle D for one arm. Use the other one-half of rectangle D for the other arm. Use 1/2 of rectangle E for one leg, and use the other 1/2 for the other leg. Divide rectangle F into 5 parts. Use 1/5 for each finger on one arm. Divide rectangle G into 5 parts. Use 1/5 for each finger on the other arm. Divide circle H into 3 parts. Use 1/3 for the person s smile. Use 1/2 of triangle I for one eye, and use the other 1/2 for the other eye. Use 1/2 of circle J for the person s hat. Use one-third of rectangle K for one foot. Use 1/3 of rectangle K for the other foot. Use the last 1/3 of rectangle K for a feather in your person s hat.

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4 REFLECTION USE YOUR INSTRUCTION SHEET AND YOUR COMPLETED FRACTION HUMAN TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS 1. If you had used 2/4 of Circle A, would your body have been smaller or larger? Explain. 2. Instead of asking you to use 4/4 to describe the amount of Circle B to use for the head, how else could that fraction have been written? Explain. 3. Even though they used the same fractional amount, explain why some people s fraction humans may have different sized legs and arms than other people s fraction humans. 4. How would the fingers have been different if you used a circle instead of a rectangle divided into 5 parts? 5. What fraction of the circle used for the smile is left over? 6. Your fraction human is eating a rectangular candy bar that has been divided into eight pieces. Draw the candy bar in your fraction human s hand and shade in the amount of candy that would be left AFTER he eats 5/8 of it. Write the fraction here.

5 SUGGESTED ANSWERS 1. If you had used 2/4 of Circle A, would your body have been smaller or larger? Explain. The body would have been smaller because a smaller fractional amount of the circle would have been used (2/4 is less than 2/3). 2. Instead of asking you to use 4/4 to describe the amount of Circle B to use for the head, how else could that fraction have been written? Explain. 1. When the numerator and denominator are the same, the fraction is equal to Even though they used the same fractional amount, explain why some people s fraction humans may have different sized legs and arms than other people s fraction humans. If they cut the rectangle horizontally they would be longer, but if they cut it vertically they would be shorter. 4. How would the fingers have been different if you used a circle instead of a rectangle divided into 5 parts? Answers may vary, but most students will mention that the shape would be different. Instead of a rectangle, it would have had a tip. 5. What fraction of the circle used for the smile is left over? 2/3 of the smile was left over. 6. Your fraction human is eating a rectangular candy bar that has been divided into eight pieces. Draw the candy bar in your fraction human s hand and shade in the amount of candy that would be left AFTER he eats 5/8 of it. Write the fraction here. 3/8 of the candy bar should be shaded in. REFLECTION