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
A recipe for pasta makes enough for six servings. How many servings can be made using 3/6 of each ingredient in the recipe?
3 servings
Sophie uses 16 beads to make a necklace. One fourth of the beads are purple. How many of the beads are purple?
4 beads are purple.
What is the name of a fraction when you cut it into two equal pieces?
Halves
Names 1 equal part of a whole. It has 1 as its top number.
What is a unit fraction
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.
*Check Drawings for Correct Answers
Jamie ran 9 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 3/9 of a mile?
3 Laps
Jennifer used 16 pieces of fruit to make her salad. If 1/2 of the fruits were peaches, how many peaches did she use?
8 peaches
True or False: The denominator is always bigger than your numerator?
False
Tells how many parts are being counted.
What is a numerator
Maria prepared 5 quesadillas. She wants to share them equally among 8 of her neighbors. How much of a quesadilla will each neighbor get?
5 eighths or 5/8
Lucy rode her bike around the block 5 times for a total of 1 mile yesterday. Today she wants to ride her bike 2/5 of a mile. How many times will she need to ride her bike around the block?
2 Laps
Michael replaced 1/3 of the buttons on his coat. If he replaced a total of 3 buttons, how many buttons are on his coat?
9 buttons
What is the name of a fraction when you split it into 5 equal pieces?
Fifths
Tells how many equal parts are in the whole or in the group.
What is a denominator
Riley has a granola bar broken into equal pieces. She ate 1/4 of the granola bar. How much more of the granola bar does Riley have left?
3/4 of the granola bar
Steve ran 1 mile and Jenna ran 4/4 of a mile. Did Steve and Jenna run the same distance? How do you know?
Yes they ran the same amount. I know they did because 4/4 is one whole, so 4/4=1.
Marcus baked a loaf of banana bread for a party. He cut the loaf into equal size pieces. At the end of the party, there were 6 pieces left. Explain how you can find the number of pieces in the whole loaf if Marcus told you that 1/3 of the loaf was left.
18 pieces were in the loaf
True or False: When you split something up, all of the pieces must be equal sizes?
True
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 with tomatoes?
2 sixths or 2/6
Jeff rode his bike around a bike trail that was 1/3 of a mile long. He rode around the trail 9 times. Write a fraction greater than 1, and a whole number to show how many miles Jeff rode.
9/3 and 3
What is 1/8 of 24?
3
If 10 students in our class are 1/3 of the total number of students in our class, how many students are in our class?
30 Students