Fraction Equivalence
1/2 = 4/8?
yes
If the bags of apples come in bags of 12, and I want to buy enough for grades 5-8, (48 students) how many bags of apples must I buy?
4
is 16 divisible by 9
no :[
2/3 * 4/6
8/18 = 4/9
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS PROPERTY OF MULTIPLICATION? x*y=y*x
or.... 4*2=2*4
Commutative property
2/3 = 18/24 ?
no
The kindergarten class all have 13 siblings, they want to make one valentine for each sibling! If there are 28 kindergarteners, how many valentines must they make in all?
364
72 divisible by 9
7/8 * 1/2
7/16
What is the vocabulary term that describes the position of the 1 and the 2 in 1/2, respectively.
1 is the numerator, 2 is the denominator
3/4 = 9/12 ?
yes
Ms. Konz wants to buy candy for her disco meets halloween meets christmas movie party. I have invited 39 people and I bought 3 bags of 13 fun sized snickers, will I have enough pieces for everybody? (Including me ;P)
No :( There would be 40 people (including me) and only 39 pieces of candy! Tragic.
48 divisible by 6
yes, 6*8=48
3/4 * 2/9
1/6
NAME THAT PROPERTY of MULTIPLICATION:
a*(b*c) = (a*b)*c
Associative
6/8 = 3/6?
no
78*68
5304
56 divisible by 6
nope! 56=7*8....54=6*9
3/8 * 9/11
27/88
Give an example of the identity property for addition and multiplication.
Multiplication 5*1=5
12/15 = 24/30?
Bonus....what is the simplest form of this fraction?
yes, 3/5
94*46
4324
39 divisible by 3
yes, 3*13=39 OR 3*12=36+3=39
4/7 * 14/8
1
NAME THAT PROPERTY:
a*(b+c) = (a*c)+(b*c)
distributive property!