Chocolate Fractions

Today in Year5 we had a maths problem solving day. One of the problems that we had to solve involved a chocolate bar that had 24 pieces. Here are the questions below. Have a go at the questions yourself- It will give you an excuse to go and get a large bar of chocolate...

Chocolate Fractions!!!

WALT - To search for solutions by trying out ideas of your own. Make general statements based on available evidence. To use fractions accurately and make link with decimals and percentages.

1. How many equal parts is your bar split into?
2. How many pieces would be in half your bar?
3. How many pieces would be in a quarter of a bar?
4. If you ate 4 pieces, what fraction would you have eaten?
5. If you ate 8 pieces, what fraction would you have left?
6. Draw a sixth of your bar (in squares – make them equal)
7. Draw a quarter of the bar, what is this amount as a decimal and a percentage? Can you find and equivalent fraction to a quarter? Find two equivalent fractions.
8. If you ate three quarters of the bar how many pieces of chocolate would you have left? What percentage is eaten? What amount is eaten as a decimal?
9. You are in groups of 4, if the first person has 1 piece, the second twice as much as the first, the third twice as much as the second etc..
How many pieces will the 4th person have?
How many pieces in total are eaten?
How many pieces are left?
What fraction is this of the whole bar?
Can you find an equivalent fraction to this amount?