SOLUTION: Mrs. Jones asks her students to color 1/2 of 1/4 of a rectangle. How would you represent it? Justify your answer.

SOLUTION: Mrs. Jones asks her students to color 1/2 of 1/4 of a rectangle. How would you represent it? Justify your answer.

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Question 924289: Mrs. Jones asks her students to color 1/2 of 1/4 of a rectangle. How would you represent it? Justify your answer.
Answer by EdenWolf(517) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Well, first, I'd draw a rectangle.

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Next I would divide it into fourths.

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Now divide one of the fourths into half.

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Then color in one of those halves.

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This is a representation of coloring in of of a rectangle.
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