At the movies Sadie ate one-fourth of the popcorn. Her mom ate two-eighths of the popcorn. Did they eat the same amount of popcorn? Explain the strategy you used to solve this challenge.
Sadie ate the same amount of popcorn as her mom. To figure out the question, I first drew a circle to represent how much popcorn there was. Then, I split the circle into eighths.
When I was drawing the lines inside of the circle, I drew it first in quarters. When I was finished drawing the lines inside the circle, I saw that 2 eighths was a quarter. I did not need and strategy at all to figure the question out. Here is an example of what I was thinking:
