Comparing
2/3 ____ 2/5
2/3 > 2/5
2/3 is greater than 2/5
Find an equivalent fraction.
1/3
1/3 x 2/2 = 2/6
Simplify.
2/10
2/10 divided by 2/2 = 1/5
Write this fraction as a decimal.
50/100
0.50 or 0.5
Dana is planning to run 1 tenth of a mile every day for 8 days. What is the total distance she will run in 8 days?
0.1 x 8 days = 0.8 miles
8/16 _____ 10/16
8/16 < 10/16
8/16 is less than 10/16
Find three equivalent fractions for 1/5.
Possible Answers:
2/10, 3/15, 4/20, 5/25, 6/30
Simplify.
15/25
15/25 divided by 5/5 = 3/5
Write this decimal as a fraction.
0.70
70/100 or 7/10
If you took a test with 10 questions and got 7 of them right, what decimal part would that be?
0.7
seven tenths
0.42 ____ 0.4
0.42 > 0.4
0.42 is greater than 0.4
Tell whether the fractions are equivalent.
1/6 and 2/12
Yes because 1/6 x 2/2 = 2/12
Simplify.
25/100
25/100 divided by 25/25 = 1/4
0.32
thirty-two hundredths
Ellen, Fern, and Kyle are all drinking milk from the same size carton at lunch. Ellen's carton is 3/7 full. Fern's carton is 3/10 full. Kevin's carton is 3/4 full. Who has the most milk left in their carton?
Kevin has the most milk left in his carton. All the numerators are the same, so we can compare the denominator. Since 4 is the smallest number, it has the biggest parts and 3 out of 4 parts is more than 3 our of 7 parts or 3 out or 10 parts.
2.1 ____ 2.16
2.1 < 2.16
2.1 is less than 2.16
Tell whether the fractions are equivalent.
5/6 and 35/42
Yes because 5/6 x 7/7 = 35/42
Simplify.
6/12
6/12 divided by 6/6 = 1/2
write the decimal in expanded form.
27.9
20 + 7 + 0.9
Cole lives 2.4 miles from the library. Gwen lives 2.04 miles from the library. Xander lives 2.40 miles from the library. Who lives closest to the library?
Gwen lives closest because she lives only 2.04 miles away while Xaner and Cole both live 2.4 miles away. 2.4 is greater than 2.04 so they live further away.
Maria read 3/8 of a story. Darren read 3/6 of the same story. Who read more of the story?
Darren read more. You can compare the denominators because the numerators are the same. 6 is less than 8 so Darren read more.
Find an equivalent fraction.
3/9
Possible Answer:
3/9 x 5/5 = 15/45
Simplify.
24/30
24/30 divided by 6/6 = 4/5
Write this number as a decimal.
4 30/100
4.30 or 4.3
Four and thirty hundredths
The manager of a flower shop made 8 bouquets of wild flowers. By noon, she sold 2 of the bouquets. What fraction did she sell?
2/8
2 is the part, 8 is the whole