Fraction Understanding
Where is the numerator located in a fraction?
The top number
What is 1/2 of 25?
12 1/2
4/10 as a decimal
0.4
0.008 as a fraction
8/1000
Clara and Marcy are collecting clothes for a clothing drive. Marcy collected 2 times as many clothes as Clara did. If Clara collected 1/10 of a bag of clothes, how many bags of clothes did Marcy collect?
2/10
Where is the denominator located in a fraction?
The bottom.
1/4 of 36
9
25/100 as a decimal
0.25
0.5 as a fraction
5/10
On Thursday the cows at the Benton Dairy produced 10 bottles of milk. Friday, the cows produced 4/5 as much milk as on Thursday. How many bottles of milk did the cows produce on Friday?
8
What is the line called that separates the numerator and denominator?
Fraction Bar
3/5 of 15
9
1/100 as a decimal
0.01
0.11 as a fraction
11/100
A factory makes sheets of metal that are 3/4 of an inch thick. If a worker at the factory makes a stack of 14 of the sheets, how many inches thick will the stack be?
Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
10 1/2
What is 75/2 as a mixed number?
37 1/2
1/2 of 99
49 1/2
15/1000 as a decimal
0.015
0.025 as a fraction.
25/1000
Last year, the Washington High School Orchestra spent a total of 35 hours in rehearsal. Of that time, 1/2 was spent practicing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. How many hours did the orchestra spend practicing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony?
Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
17 1/2
What is 5 1/2 as an improper fraction?
11/2
2/7 of 37
10 4/7
15/10 as a decimal
1.5
1.5 as a fraction
15/10
A group of farmers planted 37 fields of vegetables. Of the fields they planted, 1/6 were planted with cabbage. How many fields of cabbage did the farmers plant?
Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
6 1/6