If you had a fraction strip folded into twelfths, what fractional lengths could you measure with the strip?
2x2=4
Any Factors of 12, which would be 2,3,4,6
To determine the fractional lengths that can be measured with a fraction strip folded into twelfths, you need to consider the unit fraction represented by each "fold" or division on the strip.
In this case, since the strip is folded into twelfths, each fold represents 1/12 of the whole strip. Therefore, you can measure lengths that are fractions of 1/12, as well as whole numbers of 1/12 units.
Here are some example fractional lengths that can be measured with the strip:
- 1/12 (one fold)
- 2/12 or 1/6 (two folds)
- 3/12 or 1/4 (three folds)
- 4/12 or 1/3 (four folds)
- 5/12 (five folds)
- 6/12 or 1/2 (six folds)
- 7/12 (seven folds)
- 8/12 or 2/3 (eight folds)
- 9/12 or 3/4 (nine folds)
- 10/12 or 5/6 (ten folds)
- 11/12 (eleven folds)
- 12/12 or 1 (twelve folds, representing the whole strip)
Note that you can also measure lengths that are a combination of these fractions, such as 1/12 + 2/12 = 3/12 or 1/4.
Think of factors of 12 = 6 * 2 = 4 * 3
twelfths, sixths, fourths, thirds, halves