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. 2016 Oct 21;11(10):e0165243. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165243

Table 2. Sample Items from the Fraction Recall Task.

Story Question 1 Question 2 Question 3
Jamie ordered a pepperoni pizza for her and her friends. Jamie ate 47 of the pizza and her friend Sam ate 29 of the pizza. What kind of pizza did Jamie order? What fraction of the pizza did Jamie eat? What fraction of the pizza did Sam eat?
Sarah wanted to find something to read at her school’s library. Sarah’s favorite books are about horses. On one shelf, she saw that 37 of the books were fiction and on another shelf 25 of the books were nonfiction. What fraction of the books were fiction? What fraction of the books were nonfiction? What are Sarah’s favorite books about?
Mr. Smith asked the children in his class how they liked to travel best. 58 of the children in his class liked airplanes best and 310 of the children in his class liked cars best. Mr. Smith likes to travel by train. How does Mr. Smith like to travel? What fraction of the children liked airplanes best? What fraction of the children liked cars best?