FRACTION JEOPARDY

Fraction Rules

100

The top of a fraction is called the _____________, the bottom is called the ___________________

Numerator and Denominator 

300

When dividing fractions, the three letters you need to remember are KCF, which stand for... (the math version!)

Keep, Change, Flip

500

When multiplying fractions, you move _____________ instead of making the denominators match

straight across (Tr. Cleo will accept several variations of this answer)

Adding and Subtracting

100

^{4/8 + 4/16} ...FULLY SIMPLIFIED

8/16 + 4/16 = 12/16... which equals 3/4 fully simplified 

300

2 1/3 + 3 4/9 

5 7/9

500

14/5 – 6/10 ... FULLY SIMPLIFIED AND IN A PROPER FRACTION!!

2 1/5

Multiplying and dividing

100

6/9 x 3/12

1/6

300

DOUBLE POINTS 

10/14 ÷ 15/21

6/6 ... which equals 1

500

 2 1/4 x 5/8

1 13/32

Reducing/Shrinking

100

10/100

1/10

300

14/77

2/11

500

32/56

4/7

RANDOM

100

What three things were Cotton Ball, the math creature we drew yesterday, made out of?

A pufferfish, a shoe/boot, and a rug

300

DOUBLE POINTS

Any number over 1 is equal to what? (Tr. Cleo will draw an example on the board because the Promethean wasn't showing the picture!)

ITSELF

500

DOUBLE POINTS 

When multiplying (or dividing) fractions, if you want to make the problems easier to work with, you can do THIS (Tr. Cleo is going to draw it on the board because the Promethean wasn't letting the image show!)

Cross Simplify (Tr.Cleo will accept multiple answers)