Fraction of a Whole
400 people were surveyed about their favorite soda. One fourth of them chose Pepsi as their favorite. How many people is that?
100 people
Find an equivalent fraction to 1/4.
Answers vary
6 people in one family like tacos. 3 people do not like tacos. Write a ratio of people who like tacos to people who don't.
6:3
A box of 12 cupcakes costs $24. How much is one cupcake?
$2 each
A printer took 6 minutes to print 42 pages. What is the rate of pages per minute?
7 pages
An ice cream container holds 36 ounces. One fourth of the ice cream is left. How many ounces were eaten?
27 ounces
Which of the following fractions are equivalent:
1/2, 2/4, 3/8, 16/32, 2/8, 10/100
2/4, 16/32, 1/2
17 cats at a shelter prefer human food over cat food. 36 dogs prefer human food over dog food. Write a ratio of dogs who prefer human food to cats who prefer human food.
36:17
A family buys a pack of 4 burgers for $32. How much is one burger?
$8
Thanksgiving is always on which Thursday in the month of November?
The 4th Thursday
There are 240 kids who play soccer on a league. Half of them are average players, one fourth are excellent players, and the rest are terrible. What fraction are terrible?
1/4
A simplified equivalent fraction to 6/24 is...
1/4
A bag contains 24 marbles. If 16 marbles are removed from the bag to play a game, what fraction of the marbles are left in the bag?
8/24 or 1/3
A box of 6 doughnuts is $3. How much is one doughnut?
.50
54 X 13 =
702
About one third of the students at Slavens buy hot lunch on a regular basis. If there are 750 students at Slavens, how many kids don't buy hot lunch?
500 students
How can you share three sub sandwiches equally between 4 people? What fraction of sandwich will each person get?
Slice each sandwich into four equal pieces. Each person will get 1/4 of one sandwich, or 1/12 of the three sandwiches.
Simplify this ratio:
12:144
1:12
Sour gummy worms are 20 for $1. How much is one gummy worm?
.05
Name your favorite middle school teacher at Slavens.
Mrs. Allen (duh)
One eighth of the rabbits who live in a field are babies. There are 256 rabbits. How many baby rabbits are there?
32 rabbits
A recipe for French toast requires the following ingredients: 8 slices of bread, 4 eggs, 1 cup of milk, 1 t of cinnamon. How much egg is used for each piece of bread?
1/2 of an egg.
This mystery number is greater than 300 but less than 400. It is even. The sum of its digits is 8. What is the number?
314