Comparing fractions/ landmarks
Replace the blank with < , > , or = 1/3 ____ 3/6
1/3 < 3/6
What is 1/4 of 16?
4
Write two fractions that are equivalent to 1/4
2/8, 4/16, 3/12
Paula ate 1/4 of a 16-piece cake, and Catherine ate 1/16 of a cake the same size as Paula's. Who ate more cake?
Paula
what is a FRACTION?
Pieces or parts of a whole
Write these fractions in order from least to greatest: 1/7, 1/10, 1/3, 1/2
1/10, 1/7, 1/3, 1/2
There were 24 kids in a class. Two-thirds of them were boys. What number of the kids were girls?
8 girls
three fourths is the same as ______ twelfths.
9
Ricky read 2/4 of a 100 page book. How many pages did he read?
50 pages
What is the top number called?
numerator
Replace the blank with <, >, or = 2/4 ___ 4/8
2/4 = 4/8
There are 40,000 people in a stadium. Half of them were male. Half of the males wore baseball hats. How many males were wearing baseball hats?
10,000
One fourth is the same as ___ twelfths
3
Ms. K gave away 2/5 of her pizza to Mr. J and 1/5 of her pizza to Mrs. M. What fraction of her pizza does Ms. K have left?
2/5
What does the bottom number (denominator) tell you?
1) How many pieces there are in a whole
2.) How many times you've split the whole
3.) What type of fractional piece you have
Replace the blank with <, >, or = 2/3 ___ 4/10
2/3 > 4/10
There are 24 kids in a class. One third of them went to the library, and one fourth of them went to the garden. The rest stayed in the classroom. How many kids stayed in the classroom?
10 kids
Two thirds is the same as ___ ninths.
6 ninths
Robert made two pizzas: pepperoni and cheese. He cut the pepperoni into 12 slices and the cheese pizza into 8 slices. He ate half of the pepperoni and a fourth of the cheese pizza. How many SLICES did he eat in all?
8
What does the numerator tell you?
It counts how many pieces you have.
Write these fractions in order from least to greatest: 11/12, 9/10, 4/5, 5/6
4/5, 5/6, 9/10, 11/12
8 out of 10 dentists recommend using a special toothbrush. If there are 100 dentists at a meeting, how many of them would recommend using the special toothbrush?
80
two eighths is the same as ___ sixteenths
four sixteenths
At a school, they were making a new playground. They made half the playground grass and half of it blacktop. Half of the blacktop was basketball courts. What fraction of the whole playground was basketball courts?
1/4
What does the word equivalent mean?
Equal amounts but in a different way.