Fraction Vocabulary
A number that names part of a whole or part of a group.
What is a fraction?
The amount of each slice of pie that is cut into 8 pieces.
What is eighths?
Draw a numberline to represent 3/4.
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Sophie uses 16 beads to make a necklace. One fourth of the beads are purple. How many of the beads are purple?
What is 4?
How many wholes are in the fraction 24/8?
What is 3 wholes?
Thomas wants to divide a square piece of paper into 4 equal parts. Draw two different quick pictures to show what his paper could look like.
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Javia ran 8 laps around a track to run a total of 1 mile on Monday. How many laps will she need to run on Tuesday to run 4/8 of a mile?
What is 4 laps?
Bailey used 12 pieces of fruit to make her salad. If 1/2 of the fruits were oranges, how many oranges did she use?
What is 6?
What is the vocabulary term for a shape divided into 2 equal parts?
What is halves?
Maria prepared 2 quesadillas. She wants to share them equally among 8 of her neighbors. How much of a quesadilla will each neighbor get?
2 eighths, or one-fourth of a quesadilla
Lucy rode her bike around the block 2 times for a total of 1 mile yesterday. Today she wants to ride her bike 1/2 of a mile. How many times will she need to ride her bike around the block?
What is 1 time?
Michael replaced 1/4 of the buttons on his coat. If he replaced a total of 2 buttons, how many buttons are on his coat?
What is 8?
What do you call 4 equal parts of a sandwich?
What is fourths?
Draw 8 triangles. Make 4 groups. Shade 1 group. What fraction names the shaded part?
What is 1/4 0r 2/8?
Steve ran 1 mile and Jenna ran 4/4 of a mile. Did Steve and Jenna run the same distance? How do you know?
What is yes because 4/4=1 and they are the same distance?
The pet store sells bags of pet food. There are 4 bags of cat food. 1/6 of the bags of food are cat food. How many bags of pet food does the pet store have?
What is 24?
What do you call eight equal parts?
Eighths
Has a numerator greater than its denominator.
What is a Fraction Greater than 1?
A garden has six sections. Two sections are planted with tomatoes. Which fraction represents the part of the garden without tomatoes?
What is 4/6
Zara ran 4 laps around the track for a total of 1 mile yesterday. Today she wants to run 3/4 of a mile. How many laps will she need to run around the track?
What is 3 laps?
A florist has 24 sunflowers in a conttainer. Mrs. Mason buys 1/4 of the flowers. Mr. Kim buys 1/3 of the flowers. Who bought more sunflowers and how do you know?
What is Mr. Kim because 8 > 6?
What is the fraction of girls in the class?
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