Equivalent Fractions
When you simplify 2/6, it turns into...
1/3
Add:
2/3 + 4/3
6/3 or 2
Subtract:
5/6 - 4/6
1/6
Multiply:
1/4 x 1/5
1/20
Divide:
1/2 / 5
1/10
When you simplify 13/26, it turns into...
1/2
Add:
2/4 + 5/8
9/8 or 1 and 1/8
Subtract:
2/3 - 1/6
3/6 or 1/2
Multiply:
2/5 x 15/20
3/10
Divide:
15 / 1/3
45
If I want to create an equivalent fraction for 1/2 that has 8 as the denominator, what is the numerator?
4
Add:
2/5 + 3/4
23/20 or 1 and 3/20
Subtract:
7/10 - 2/3
1/30
Multiply:
5 and 3/5 x 4/7
3 and 1/5
Sarah has 3/4 of a pizza left. She wants to share it equally among her and her 5 friends (6 ways total). What fraction of the whole pizza will each friend get?
Each friend will get 3/24 or 1/8 of the pizza.
If I want to create an equivalent fraction for 2/3, and my denominator is 12, what is my numerator?
8
Add:
1 and 4/9 + 3/8
1 and 53/72
Subtract:
1 and 3/4 - 1/3
1 and 5/12
Multiply:
2 and 3/4 x 1 and 1/2
4 and 1/8
David has 5/6 of a bag of dog treats. He gives 1/6 of the bag to his neighbor's dog each day. For how many days will David be able to give treats to his neighbor's dog?
5 days
Create an equivalent fraction for the following fraction: 4/7
8/14, 12/21, 16/28, 20/35, etc...
June is making a bow out of ribbon. She needs 2 and 14/15 yards for one part of it, and another 1 and 1/3 yards for the rest. How many yards of ribbon is June going to need to complete this project?
3 and 19/15 or 4 and 4/15 yards
Margo's goal was to run 3 and 4/5 miles over the weekend. On Saturday, she ran 1 and 7/8 miles. How many miles does she need to run on Sunday to meet her goal?
1 and 37/40 miles
Mrs. Davis is baking cookies for the school bake sale. Her recipe calls for 1 and 1/4 cups of flour per batch. If she wants to make 2 and 1/2 batches of cookies, how many cups of flour will she need in total?
3 and 1/8 cups of flour
Sarah has 2/3 of a roll of ribbon. She needs to cut pieces of ribbon that are 2/9 of the roll long for a craft project. How many pieces of ribbon can Sarah cut from the roll?