Equal Parts
Savanna uses 16 beads to make a necklace. One fourth of the beads are purple. How many of the beads are purple?
The part of a fraction below the line,
which tells how many equal parts there
are in the whole or in the group
Four brothers work together to mow 3 equal-sized fields. Each brother mows the same amount. How much does each brother mow?
3 fourths of a field
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A number that names part of a whole or
part of a group
Julian baked a pan of cornbread for a family dinner. He cut the cornbread into equal size pieces. At the end of the dinner, there were 2 pieces left. If he told you that 1/6 of the pan was left how many pieces were there?
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Jairo replaced 1/3 of the buttons on his coat. If he
replaced a total of 3 buttons, how many buttons are on his coat? Show your work.
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The part of a fraction above the line, which
tells how many parts are being counted
Four teachers share 3 gallons of paint equally. How
much paint does each teacher get?
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A number which has a numerator that is
greater than its denominator
A store sold 6 fruit trees. Five of the trees were apple
trees. The fraction of the trees were apple trees is 6/5