Fractions

Numerator vs. Denominator

100

3 students share 2 cartons of milk. What is the numerator? 

2 cartons of milk 

200

8 students are going to the movie theater and are going to share 4 bowls of popcorn. What is the denominator?

8 students (number of groups)

300

Kendall is bringing 3 gallons of Hawaiian Punch to a party with 30 guests. What is the numerator? 

3 (what they're going to split up)

400

Random Question: Who is Mr. Henrichs' favorite superhero?

Superman

500

Ms. Venem, Mrs. Frederiksen, and Mr. Henrichs are going to have a potluck. If Mrs. Frederiksen brings 5 burgers, what is the denominator?

3 (number of groups)

Review: Equivalent Fractions

100

What is an equivalent fraction to 1/2

2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10, 6/12, etc.

200

What is an equivalent fraction to 1/4?

2/8, 3/12, 4/16, etc.

300

What is an equivalent fraction to 2/3?

4/6, 6/9, 8/12, etc.

400

What is an equivalent fraction to 4/7?

8/14, 12/21, 16/28, etc.

500

What is an equivalent fraction to 101/101?

1/1, 2/2, 3/3, 4/4, 5/5, 6/6, etc.

How much does each person get?

100

8 people are splitting 2 cupcakes. How much does each person get?

2/8 of a cupcake

200

Bob and Marley split 3 hot dogs. How much does each person get?

3/2 hot dogs

300

Random Question: Who is Ms. Venem's favorite superhero?

Spiderman

400

Carlos brings 8 cupcakes to school to share with his 13 friends. How much does everyone get?

8/13 of a cupcake

500

Mr. Henrichs buys a box of 6 scotcheroos from Casey's to share with himself, Ms. Venem, and Mrs. Frederiksens. How many scotcheroos does each person get?

6/3 scotcheroos or 2 scotcheroos each

What is the missing number

100

Sally, John, and Barbara are splitting pancakes. They each get 4/3 of a pancake. How many pancakes are there?

4

200

Suzie brought 1 candy bar to school. Every person got 1/1 of a candy bar. How many people did Suzie share with?

None. Suzie is selfish and only shared with herself.

300

Random Question: Who is Mrs. Frederiksen's favorite superhero?

Batman

400

Robert brought 5 cupcakes to school to share. Everyone got 5/8 of a cupcake. How many people got a piece of the cupcake?

8 people

500

Ms. Venem, Mr. Henrichs, and Mrs. Frederiksen all got 2/3 of a candy bar. How many candy bars did Mr. Henrichs bring to school to share?

2 candy bars

Challenge

100

What is 5 x 1/8?

5/8

200

What is 6 x 1/2?

3

300

What is 7 x 1/7?

1

400

What is 4 x 2/8?

1

500

What is 1 x 1/9

1/9