Question: Laura has 3 green chips, 4 blue chips and 1 red chip in her bag. What fractional part of the bag of chips is green?

Strategy:

1) UNDERSTAND:

What do you need to find?

You need to find how many chips are in all. Then you need to find how many of the chips are green.

2) PLAN:

How can you solve the problem?

You can draw a picture to show the information. Then you can use the picture to find the answer.

3) SOLVE:

Draw 8 chips.



3/8 of the chips are green.