Cuisenaire Rods
Answer these questions below. Explain your understanding with
clear sentences and an image for each answer.
1. If the orange rod is the whole, what fraction is the yellow
rod?
The fraction of the yellow rod is ½ because two yellow rods fit
perfectly against the orange.
2. What fraction of the brown rod is the red rod?
The fraction of the brown rod is 1\4 because four red rods fit perfectly on top of the
brown.
3. If the blue rod is one, what fraction is the light green rod?
4. If the white rod is one third, which rod is the whole?
5. If the red rod is one-fifth, which rod is the whole?
6. If the dark green rod is two-thirds, which rod is one?
7. If the brown rod is four-thirds, which rod is the whole?
8. If the dark green rod is one-half, which rod is three-quarters?
9. If the brown rod has a value of two, which rod is one-quarter?
10.
If the blue rod is one and a half, which rod is two-thirds?