Steven's family is moving, so he needs to pack the dishes. Dishes break easily so he must wrap them up. He cuts a sheet of bubble wrap into 6 equal pieces. Steven uses 4 pieces to pack salad bowls.What fraction of the sheet of bubble wrap does Steven use to pack salad bowls?____ /____
Q. Steven's family is moving, so he needs to pack the dishes. Dishes break easily so he must wrap them up. He cuts a sheet of bubble wrap into 6 equal pieces. Steven uses 4 pieces to pack salad bowls.What fraction of the sheet of bubble wrap does Steven use to pack salad bowls?____ /____
Cutting Bubble Wrap: Steven cuts a sheet of bubble wrap into 6 equal pieces and uses 4 of them for the salad bowls. To find the fraction of the sheet used, divide the number of pieces used by the total number of pieces.
Finding Fraction Used: Simplify the fraction 64 by finding the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of 4 and 6. The factors of 4 are 1, 2, 4 and the factors of 6 are 1, 2, 3, 6. The GCF is 2.
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