Name the Fraction of a Whole
Name: ________________________________
Materials:

Pattern blocks
Use pattern blocks to find the answers.
1. How many
make up this whole
a. What fraction is 1
2. How many
in the whole
make up this whole
a. What fraction is 2
3. How many
? _______
in the whole
make up this whole
a. What fraction is 2
in the whole
? ________
? _______
? ________
? _______
? ________
4. How many
make up this whole
a. What fraction is 2
5. How many
in the whole
make up this whole
a. What fraction is 2
in the whole
? _______
? ________
? _______
? ________
6. Use the pattern blocks to represent three fractions. Draw your representation and write the
fraction for each drawing.
Name the Fraction of a Whole
Solutions
Materials:
Pattern blocks
Use pattern blocks to find the answers.
1. How many
are in this whole
a. What fraction is one
2. How many
? 2
in the whole
are in this whole
a. What fraction is two
3. How many
?
? 6
are in this whole
?
2
6
? 3
in the whole
are in this whole
a. What fraction is one
2
? 2
in the whole
a. What fraction is two
5. How many
1
in the whole
are in this whole
a. What fraction is two
4. How many
?
?
? 3
in the whole
?
1
3
2
3
2
2
6. Use the pattern blocks to represent three fractions. Draw your representation and write the
fraction for each drawing.
Answers will vary. Make sure that each written fraction correctly represents students’
drawings.
Adapted from http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Patterns/answers.html