Identifying Fractions
Larry ordered a pizza that had 8 equal slices for dinner. He ate 3 pieces of the pizza. What fraction of the pizza is left?
5/8
Jorges rain gauge showed that it rained 3/8 inch during the first week of the month. At the end of the second week the gauge was 7/8 inch full. How much did it rain the second week?
4/8
Which fraction is equivalent to 1/4?
a) 1/2
b) 3/6
c) 2/8
c) 2/8
Bobby and Billy wrote a book. Bobby wrote 4/6 of his book and Billy wrote 3/5 of his book. Who wrote more?
Bobby
Mary had a pie that she cut into 12 equal pieces to share with friends. She and her friends ate 8 of the pieces of pie. What fraction of the pie was left over?
4/8
Troy ate 2/8 of the pizza. Kade ate 5/8 of the same pizza. How much more did Kade eat than Troy?
3/8
Fill in the missing numerator to make an equivalent fraction. 2/3 = __/6
2/3 = 4/6
There are two piles of firewood in the backyard. The first pile has 2/3 of a cord of wood. The second pile has 3/8 of a cord of wood. Which piles has more wood?
First Pile
Laura baked a dozen cookies and ate 5 of them. What fraction of the cookies did she not eat?
7/12
It rained 4/14 of an inch on Friday, 5/14 of an inch on Saturday, and 3/14 on Sunday. How much did it rain during the three days?
12/14
What fraction is equivalent to 4/6?
a) 3/4
b) 2/3
c) 1/2
b) 2/3
Ms. J’s class is having a pizza party. The students ate 2/3 of the pepperoni pizza and 5/6 of the cheese pizza. Which pizza did they eat more of?
Cheese Pizza
Peter split his cake into 6 equal slices. Peter and 3 of his friends each had one slice. What fraction of the cake is left?
2/6
Courtney watched a caterpillar crawl on the sidewalk. It crawled 4/10 yard and stopped. The caterpillar crawled 5/10 yard further. How far did the caterpillar crawl in all?
9/10
Fill in the missing denominator to make an equivalent fraction.
2/5 = 6/__
2/5 = 6/15
Two buckets are the same size. Bucket 1 is 5/9 full of water. Bucket 2 is 3/10 full of water. Which bucket has less water?
Bucket 2
Charlie made a pan of brownies and cut them into 16 equal squares. She gave 9 to her friends. What fraction of the brownies does she have left?
7/16
There are 4 girl scouts in troop 181. They sold all of their girl scout cookies. Ann sold 3/10 of the cookies. Sara sold 1/10 and Marie sold 4/10 of the cookies. What fraction of the cookies did Laura sell?
2/10
Which fraction is equivalent to 6/9?
a) 2/3
b) 1/6
c) 3/6
c) 3/6
Kim made two pies for her Christmas party. The first pie was cherry and she cut it into 6 equal slices. The second pie was pecan and she cut it into 12 equal slices.
At the end of the party there were 4 cherry pie slices gone and 7 pecan pie slices gone. Did people at the party eat more cherry pie or pecan pie?
Cherry Pie