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Name: ____________________
Exploring Equivalent Fractions with LEGOS!
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Lego Words! A round peg on top of a Lego is called a “stud.” We can name Lego bricks by their stud dimensions.
Warm up: 8 2 4
This piece has _____ studs. It is a ______ by ______ brick.
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Take eight 1 by 2 bricks of at least two different colors. Color the bricks below to match your screen.
Brick Colors Bricks (out of 8) Studs (out of 16)
Green
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2/8
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4/16
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Red
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3/8
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6/16
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Grey
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3/8
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6/16
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____________________________________________________________Take eight 2 by 2 bricks of at least three different colors. Color the bricks below to match your screen.
Fraction of Total Fraction of Total
Brick Colors Bricks (out of 8) Studs (out of 32)
Grey
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4
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16
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Blue
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2
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8
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Green
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2
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8
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Select eight 2 by 4 bricks with at least three different colors. Color the blocks below to match your screen. 
Brick Colors
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Fraction of Total Bricks (out of 8)
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Fraction of Total Studs
(out of 64)
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Black
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2
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16
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Blue
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4
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32
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Yellow
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2
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16
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Take a “12-stud” whole and use that to think about these questions:
This 2 by 6 brick equals 1 whole for these questions
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How many 1-by-1 bricks cover 1 whole? _____ 12
What fraction of the whole is a 1-by-1 brick? ______1/12
How many 1-by-2 bricks cover 1 whole? _______ 6
What fraction is a 1-by-2 brick? _______2/12
How many 1-by-3 bricks cover 1 whole? 4
What fraction is this 1-by-3 brick? _________3/12
This 2 by 6 brick equals 1 whole for these examples.
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How many 2-by-2 bricks cover 1 whole? _________3
What fraction of the whole is a 2-by-2 brick? __________4/12
How many 2-by-3 bricks cover 1 whole? 2
What fraction of the whole is a 2-by-3 brick? 6/12
Which brick is ⅔ of the whole? Draw: 
Which brick is ⅚ if the whole? Draw:
Show on the screen and draw three different ways to make one whole using the bricks.
Label each part that you choose with the fraction names of the parts.
Example:
1/4
1/2
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Used mixed bricks to solve this: What are six different ways to show ½. Draw what you come up with! One example has been done for you.
4/8
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Find six different ways to show ¼ with your Legos. Draw each of the ways in the spaces below. One example has been done for you.
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Find four different ways to show ¾ with your Legos! You should only use two bricks for each way. Draw each example in the space.
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Find four different ways to show ⅓ of the Legos! Use only two bricks for each.
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