Equivalent Fractions
1/2 = x/4
2/4
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5/8 ____ 8/8
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Order from least to greatest.
1/2, 5/6, 1/4
1/4, 1/2, 5/6
A cookie recipe calls for 1/2 cup flour and 3/4 sugar. Which ingredient is used more?
Sugar is used more.
What is a common denominator between
1/3 and 1/2
6
1/3 = (1x2/3x2)
1/2 = (1x3/1x3)
1/3=2/x
2/6
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6/12 ____ 4/8
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Order from greatest to least.
1/3 , 7/9 , 5/6
5/6, 7/9, 1/3
Julie is making cookie bags. Each bag has 10 cookies. Of the ten cookies 2 of them are sugar cookies. The rest are chocolate chips. Write a fraction to show how many of each cookie are in the bag.
8/10 are chocolate chips and 2/10 are sugar.
Write the fraction in simplest form
8/10
4/5
Divide 8 and 10 by 2
Generate an equivalent fraction. 5/6 = ?
Answers may vary
5/6 = 10/12
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3/4 ___ 2/3
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Order from least to greatest.
3/4, 2/6, 1/12, 4/9
1/12, 2/6, 4/9, 3/4
Julie is making cookie bags. Each bag has 10 cookies. Of the ten cookies 2 of them are sugar cookies. The rest are chocolate chips. If Julie makes three bags of cookies how many sugar cookies were there?
6 sugar cookies.
Write fractions in simplest form.
15/40
3/8
True or False
15/30 = 3/5
False
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4/6 ___ 3/5
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True or false:
The fractions are ordered from greatest to least.
8/10, 9/15, 2/5, 1/5
True
Don ran 5/8 of a mile, Ally ran 3/4 of a mile and Joe ran 2/5 of a mile. Who ran the farthest distance? Who ran the shortest distance?
Ally ran the farthest and Joe ran the shortest.
12 is a common denominator of 2/4 and 1/3?
Yes
True or False
25/50 = 5/10
True
5x5= 25
5x10=50
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5/6____ 5/8
True or false:
The fractions are ordered from least to greatest.
1/4, 2/5, 3/6, 3/8, 5/8, 3/4
False
1/4, 2/5, 3/8, 3/6, 5/8, 3/4
Alison has 6/12 yards of fabric and Sabrina has 1/2 yard of fabric. Do they have the same amount of fabric? Why?
Yes. they have the same amount because 6/12 is equivalent to 1/2.
What is another fraction that represents 4/5?
Possible answers:
8/10, 12/15, 20/25