Fraction Basics
What is a fraction?
A number that shows part of a whole.
Which is bigger: 1/2 or 1/3?
1/2
What is an equivalent fraction to 1/2?
2/4, 3/6, 4/8, etc.
What is 1/4 + 1/4?
2/4 or 1/2
Emma ate 1/4 of a pizza. Her brother ate 2/4. How much did they eat together?
They ate 3/4 of a pizza.
What do we call the top number of a fraction?
Numerator.
Which is smaller: 3/4 or 2/4?
2/4
Is 2/4 equal to 1/2?
Yes
What is 3/4 - 1/4?
2/4 or 1/2
You drank 2/3 of your juice. How much is left?
1/3 of juice is left.
What do we call the bottom number of a fraction?
Denominator.
True or False: 5/8 is greater than 1/2.
true
Find a fraction equal to 3/6.
1/2, 6/12, 2/4 etc
2/8 + 3/8
5/8
If you have 3/5 of a candy bar and eat 1/5, how much is left?
You have 2/5 of a candy bar left.
Is 3/4 greater than or less than 1?
Less than 1.
Put these in order from least to greatest: 1/4, 3/4, 1/2.
1/4, 1/2, 3/4
Which of these are equivalent: 4/8, 2/4, 1/2?
All are equivalent.
Subtract: 5/6 - 1/6
4/6 or 2/3
A pie is cut into 8 slices. You eat 3. What fraction of the pie did you eat?
You ate 3/8 of the pie.
Draw a picture to show the fraction 2/3.
A shape (like a circle or rectangle) divided into 3 equal parts, with 2 shaded.
Which is closer to 1: 5/6 or 2/3?
5/6
Create a fraction equivalent to 2/3 using a picture or numbers.
Example: 4/6 or 6/9.
add: 1/2 + 1/4
3/4
You read 2/6 of a book on Monday and 3/6 on Tuesday. Did you finish the book?
No. You read 5/6 of the book. You still have 1/6 of the book to read.