VOCAB
What is the top number of a fraction called?
Numerator
1 2/8 + 2 3/8 =
3 5/8
3 4/7 - 2 1/7
1 3/7
What benchmark fraction is 2/8 closest to?
0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1
1/4
Convert 2.4 into a fraction
24/10 or 2 4/10
What is the bottom number of a fraction called?
Denominator
There were a 3 1/2 of bags of sugar in the kitchen.
4 1/2 bags of sugar were delivered.
How many bags of sugar are there in total?
3 1/2 + 4 1/2 = 8
There are 8 bags of sugar in total
On Friday, many of the students were missing in class. 1/8 of the class went to a basketball tournament and 1/8 of the class called in sick. What fraction of the class was in school?
6/8 or 3/4
What benchmark fraction is 9/10 closest to?
0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1
1
Convert 32/10 to a decimal
3.2
What is an improper fraction?
There are two identical fridges for desserts. One of the fridges has 5/8 of its room left and the other fridge is only 1/8 full. How much room is left?
5/8 + 7/8 = 1 4/8
1 1/2 room left.
There were 5 3/4 crates of eggs. The workers checked the eggs and found that 2 1/4 crates of the eggs were rotten. How many crates of good eggs were left?
5 3/4 − 2 1/4 = 3 2/4
3 2/4 crates of eggs were left.
What benchmark fraction is 1/6 closest to?
0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1
0
Convert 16/7 into a mixed number
2 2/7
What does the numerator tell you?
It counts how many pieces you have.
Elle drives 3 2/3 miles to the park and 3 2/3 miles home every day. How many total miles does Elle drive to and from the park in one day?
7 1/3 miles
Ms. Pyles brought 4 packs of treats for Halloween. She gave away 2 2/6 packs of treats to her class and gave away 1/6 packs of treats to the kindergarten students that came to her class for trick-or-treating. How many packs of treats did she have left?
She had 1 1/2 bag of treats left.
What benchmark fraction is 3/16 closest to?
0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1
1/4
Convert 4 43/100 into a decimal
4.43
Define estimate and equivalent
Estimate - use the closest whole number
Equivalent - fractions that have different numerators and denominators but are equal to the same value
There were 3/8 of the chocolate cake leftover. 4/8 of the vanilla cake leftover and 7/8 of the strawberry cake leftover. What is the total of leftover cake?
3/8 + 4/8 + 7/8 = 14/8
7/4 or 1 3/4 of leftover cake
Ms. Elam had 4 7/12 boxes of pencils but 2 1/12 boxes of the pencils disappeared. How many boxes of pencils were left?
4 7/12 − 2 1/12 = 2 6/12 (𝑜𝑟 2 1/2 )
2 1/2 boxes of pencils were left
Draw a number line to represent
2/10 + 3/10
and estimate the total to the closest benchmark fraction
5/10 estimated to 1/2
Convert 9.33 to a mixed number
9 33/100