Fraction Vocabulary
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Fraction Problems
Find a Fraction of a Group
Find a Group from a Fraction
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This part of the fraction tells you the size of the piece or how many total things are in the group
Denominator
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Three friends are going to share 2 graham crackers equally. How much does each friend get?
Each friend gets two-thirds
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What fraction names the shaded part of the picture?
See the board!
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Maestra George has 20 shirts. One half of the shirts have pictures of penguins on them. How many shirts have penguins on them?
10 shirts have penguins
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Together, Dylan and Brendan make up one-fourth of a soccer team. How many players are on the soccer team?
There are 8 players.
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This part of the fraction tells you how many pieces are shaded or how many parts of the group to take.
Numerator
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Four friends are going to share three pizzas equally. How much will each friend get?
Each friend will get three-fourths of a pizza.
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There are 8 rows of chairs in the auditorium. Three of the rows are empty. What fraction of the rows are empty?
Three-eighths are empty
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Sarah used 18 beads to make a necklace. One sixth of the beads are purple. How many beads are purple?
3 beads are purple
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Sam brought 2 autographed baseballs to school to share. These two baseballs are one sixth of his whole collection. How many baseballs does he have?
Sam has 12 baseballs.
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This is a fraction that has a numerator larger than the denominator. (Hint: You can't take this fraction to a fancy restaurant.)
An improper fraction
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Two friends are going to share 5 brownies equally. How much will each friend get?
Each friend will get 2 whole brownies and one half of a brownie.
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What fraction greater than one names the shape on the board?
See answer on board!
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Charlotte bought 16 songs. One fourth of the songs are pop songs. How many songs are pop songs?
4 songs are pop songs
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Dinah ate 3 bugs in the morning. This was one-fifth of the total bugs she hunted. How many bugs did she hunt?
Dinah hunted 15 bugs.
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This is the name of a number that has a whole number and a fraction piece together
A mixed number
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Three friends are going to share 6 oranges equally. How much will each friend get?
Each friend will get 2 whole oranges.
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Each shape is one whole. What fraction greater than one names the parts that are shaded?
See picture on board!
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There are 9 kitties in a litter. One third of the kitties have spots. How many kitties have spots?
3 kitties have spots
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Rosstopher has 3 raccoon toys. This is 1/3 (one-third) of this total toys. How many toys does Rosstopher have?
Rosstopher has 9 toys.
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In order for something to be split into fractions, what needs to be true about the pieces?
The pieces have to be equal!
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8 friends are going to share three pies. How much will each friend get?
Each friend will get three-eighths of a pie.
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Greyson has 3 hedgehogs. He gives two hedgehogs a bath. What fraction of his hedgehogs did not get a bath?
One third of the hedgehogs did not get a bath.
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There is a litter of 12 puppies. One fourth of the puppies are girl puppies. How many puppies are boy puppies?
9 puppies are boy puppies.
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Two students play basketball. This is one-tenth of the students in the class. How many students are in the class?
There are 20 students in the class.
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