Vocabulary
The top number of a fraction; it represents how many of the whole.
What is a numerator?
4 ÷ ⅓
What is 12?
⅙ ÷ ⅖
What is 5/12?
½ ÷ 2
What is 1/4?
Samantha has 8 planks of wood. She cuts each piece of wood into 1/3 pieces. How many pieces of wood does Samantha have now?
8 ÷ ⅓ = 24
What are 24 planks of wood?
The bottom number of a fraction; it represents how many are in the whole.
What is a denominator?
8 ÷ ⅙
What is 48?
⅔ ÷ ⅓
What is 2?
⅙ ÷ 2
What is 1/12?
Taylor has ½ of a pizza. She wants to share it equally between 3 people. How much of the pizza does each person get?
½ ÷ 3 = ⅙
What is each person gets 1/6 of pizza?
Any fraction that includes a whole number and a fraction.
What is a mixed number?
12 ÷ ⅙
What is 72?
½ ÷ ⅓
What is 1 1/2?
⅓ ÷ 6
What is 1/18?
Andy has 4 book he wants to read this summer. He reads ⅕ of a book each day. How many days will it take for Andy to finish all 4 books?
4 ÷ ⅕ = 20
What are 20 days?
When the numerator is greater than the denominator.
What is an improper fraction?
14 ÷ ½
What is 28?
⅞ ÷ ¼
What is 3 1/2?
⅛ ÷ 10
What is 1/80?
Nora has 1/6 of a tray of brownies. She wants to share it equally between 5 people. How much of the tray of brownies does each person get?
⅙ ÷ 5 = 1/30
What is 1/30 of the brownies?
Keeping the value of the fraction the same, but breaking it down to smaller numbers.
4 ÷ ⅛
What is 32?
⅚ ÷ ⅜
What is 2 2/9?
⅛ ÷ 13
What is 1/104?
Luke has ⅗ yard of string. He is making key chains for his friend. Each keychain uses 1/12 yard of string. How many complete key chains can he make?
⅗ ÷ 1/12 = 7 1/5
What is only 7 completed key chains?