You can halve your cake and eat it too!
Let me tell you my terms - fractions
It's a mixed bag!
Benchwarmers
What do we have in common?
100
Divide. Write your answer as a proper fraction, a whole number, or a mixed number.
4÷8
1/2
100
Define: the shaded part of a whole
What is a numerator?
100
In one week, Lauren's family drank 1/8 of a carton of regular milk and 1/4 of a carton of soy milk. How much milk did they drink in all?
What is 3/8ths of a carton?
100
Using a number line put the following benchmark fractions in order.
1/2 2/3 3/4 1/4 1/3
100
What is the least common multiple of 5 and 3?
What is 15?
200
Mr. Taylor's class is having a party! To help get ready, Anne is putting salsa into bowls. She has 1/2 of a gallon of salsa and 4 bowls. How many gallons of salsa does Anne put into each bowl? Write your answer as a fraction or a whole number
What is 1/8 gallons?
200
Define: how many fraction pieces your whole is broken into
What is the denominator?
200
Diane's lemon cookie recipe calls for 1/4 of a cup of sugar. How much sugar would Diane use to make 4 1/2 batches of cookies?
What is 1 1/8th cups?
200
Estimate the sum using benchmarks.
9/10 + 1/7
a) 1
b) 1 1/2
c) 2
What is (a) 1?
200
What is the least common multiple of 3 and 2?
6
300
It's spaghetti night at Lily's house. She has 1/2of a cup of grated cheese to sprinkle equally over 3 bowls of spaghetti. How many cups of cheese does she put in each bowl?Write your answer as a fraction or a whole number.
What is 1/6 cups?
300
Define: a number that consists of a whole number AND a proper fraction
What is a mixed number?
300
Bobby's drive to work is 4 hours, whereas Matt's is 1/8 of an hour. How much longer is Bobby's drive than Matt's?
What is 3 7/8ths hours?
300
Which benchmark is between 2/12 and 2/3?
1/2 or 1
What is 1/2?
300
What is the least common multiple of 10 and 8?
What is 40?
400
The picture below shows the number of pencils that were in 6 pencil boxes.
Ms. Sears opened the boxes and put all of the pencils into 10 equal groups. How many pencils did Ms. Sears put into each group?
What is 40 pencils?
400
Define: a fraction that has a larger number on the top than on the bottom
What is an improper fraction?
400
Jane watched a ladybug in the yard. It crawled 6 9/10 inches, then rested for a bit, and then crawled 4 1/6 inches more. How far did the ladybug crawl in all?
What is 11 1/15ths?
400
Compare each fraction to the benchmark.
3/5 __ 1/2 AND 1/4 ___ 1/2
Now using this information, compare
3/5 __ 1/4
3/5 > greater than 1/2
1/2 > greater than 1/4
3/5 > 1/4
400
What is the least common multiple of 3 and 9?
What is 27?
500
What is 1/5 ÷ 4?
What is 1/20?
500
Define: A common multiple of the denominators, a number into which the denominators will divide exactly
What is a common denominator?
500
Myra's chemistry textbook weighs 2/3 of a pound and her geometry textbook weighs 1/3 of a pound. How much more does the chemistry textbook weigh than the geometry textbook?
What is 1/3rd?
500
Which sign makes the statement true? 0.4 __ 69/100
a) >
b) <
c) =
What is b) <
0.4 < 69/100
500
What is the least common multiple of 8 and 6?
What is 24?