Simplifying Fractions
Simplest form of 3/12
1/4
1/2 = 5/?
1/2 = 5/10
<, >, or =
4/9 ___ 3/9
4/9 > 3/9
What is 1/3 of 33?
11
Mrs. Ende bought 24 chocolate bars. She ate 3/8 of it for lunch. How many chocolate bars did Mrs. Ende eat?
9 chocolate bars
Simplest form of 15/25
3/5
3/8 = ?/24
3/8 = 9/24
<, >, =
5/14 ___ 10/28
5/14 = 10/28
What is 2/5 of 50?
20
Mr. Farrag scored 4/9 of his team's points in his last basketball game. If the team scored 81 points altogether, how many points did Mr. Farrag score?
36
Simplest form of 42/72
7/12
?/32 = 3/8
12/32 = 3/8
<, >, =
1 2/3 ___ 7/3
1 2/3 < 7/3
What is 5/8 of 64?
40
Mrs. Iacoi spent 2/5 of her money on new shoes. Her shoes cost $60. How much money did she have at first?
$150
Simplest form of 81/108
3/4
4 2/3 = ?/3
4 2/3 = 14/3
<, >, or =
54/5 ___ 9 3/5
54/5 > 9 3/5
What is 9/11 of 66?
54
Mrs. Falk bought 350 pumpkin spice muffins. She gave 1/2 of the muffins to her friend and ate 1/5 of the muffins for breakfast. How many pumpkin spice muffins were left?
105
Simplest form of 5 17/6
7 5/6
5 ?/5 = 32/5
5 7/5 = 32/5
<, >, or =
34/4 ___ 8 1/2
34/4 = 8 1/2
What is 13/15 of 60?
52
Mrs. Mitchell spent 5/7 of her money on a new basketball and bikes for her kids. She had $66 left. How much did she have at first?
$231