Reading Fractions
What is 1/2 in words?
What is one-half?
What does the numerator represent?
The numerator is the top number of a fraction. It tells you how much of a whole is present or missing.
Which is larger: 1/2 or 1/3?
1/2
How would you use a fraction to describe half of a pizza?
1/2 of the pizza is cheese
Write the fraction for "three-fourths."
What is 3/4?
What does the denominator tell you?
How many are in a whole.
Order these fractions from least to greatest: 1/4, 1/2, 1/3
1/4, 1/3, 1/2
If you have 3 apples and give away 1, what fraction do you have left?
2/3 of the apples are left
How do you write "one-third" as a fraction?
What is 1/3?
How can a fraction represent a part of a whole?
A fraction indicates parts of a whole. How many out of a whole?
How do you compare 2/5 and 3/5?
1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5, 5/5
How can fractions be used when measuring ingredients in a recipe?
It tells you how much of a whole is needed of each ingredients.
What is 5/8 in words?
five-eighths
Give an example of a fraction representing a distance on a number line.
Place a dot on the number line showing 3/6.
Explain how to use models to compare 1/4 and 3/4.
1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4
If you have a yardstick, how would you mark 1/2 of a yard?
You need to figure out what half of 36 is.
Write the fraction for "two-fifths."
2/5
Explain how the size of a fractional part changes with the whole.
The fractional part changes when the denominator gets larger or smaller. It is how many parts are in the whole.
Compare 3/8 and 4/8 and explain your reasoning.
3/8 is one-eighth less than 4/8
Describe a real-life situation where you would need to compare fractions.
Four friends share a pizza that is cut into eight pieces. What fraction of a pizza does each person get?