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On the previous page, you looked at a pizza where all that was left was 1\/4 or 25%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What part of this pizza has been eaten<\/em>? Can you figure out a fraction and a percent to describe how much has been eaten?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the picture shows four parts that are all the same size, each part is 1\/4 or 25%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are three pieces missing, so the amount that is missing can be thought of as  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"pizza<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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1\/4 + 1\/4 + 1\/4<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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or <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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25% + 25% + 25%<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

When you have three pieces that are each 1\/4, you can write that as the fraction 3\/4 (three-fourths or three quarters).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you add 25% + 25% + 25%, that comes to 75%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The amount of the pizza that has already been eaten is 3\/4 or 75%.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as you explored different ways of writing fractions that are equal to 1\/2 and 1\/4, you can also write other fractions that are equal to 3\/4. Try using the model below to find a pattern in fractions that are equal to 3\/4<\/strong>. Remember that the numbers in the boxes tell you the size of the boxes and you can also look at the number line to see the sizes of the part and the whole. (On this model, you have to pull the orange dot a little farther to get it to move.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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