Vocabulary
This heart is divided into halves and one of the halves is shaded. What part of the whole is shaded?
What is 1/2 (one half)?
This square is divided into two parts that are the same size and are the same shape. Does this square have equal or unequal parts?
What is equal?
I have a set of fish. There are two red fish and one blue fish. What fraction of the fish are blue?
What is 1/3 (one third)?
Sally has 4 balls. 1/2 of her balls are red. How many of her balls are red?
What is 2?
Maria has a kite that has four equal parts. Two of the parts are shaded. What fraction of the kite is shaded?
What is 2 /4 (two fourths)?
This triangle is divided into 5 pieces that are NOT the same size and shape. These pieces are:
equal or unequal?
What is unequal?
There are 5 flowers. Three of the flowers are red, and 2 of the flowers are purple. What fraction of the flowers are purple?
What is 2/5 (two fifths)?
There are 8 roses. 2/4 of the roses are red. How many roses are red?
What is 4?
Jerry had an orange with six equal parts. Jerry gave away one part of his orange. What fraction of the orange did he give away?
What is 1/6 (one sixth)?
A glass of water is empty. If this glass of water is empty, how much water is in the glass?
What is 0?
I have a set of 6 balls. 3 are of the balls are footballs, 2 are soccer balls, and one is a baseball. What fraction of the balls are footballs?
What is 3/6 (three sixth)?
There are 12 chicks. 1/4 of the chicks are yellow. How many of the chicks are yellow?
Hint: Think of rows and columns to solve
What is 3?
This describes equal parts of a whole.
What is a fraction?
A circle is divided into four equal parts. Three of the parts are shaded. What is the fraction for the shaded part of the circle?
What is 3/4 (three fourths)?
You ate 5 pieces of an apple. There are 5 pieces left. Is the amount left closest to 0, 1, or 1/2?
What is 1 /2 (one half)?
I have 5 apples. 2 of the apples are green and 3 of the apples are yellow. What fraction shows the green apples in the set?
What is 2/5? (two-fifths)
Julia has 8 buttons on her coat. 1/4 of the buttons are yellow. How many buttons were yellow?
Hint: Use your DEB to draw his out.
What is 2?
This is what we call a collection of things.
What is a set?
Ned's rose garden has four equal parts. One part is red roses. What part of the rose garden is red roses?
What is 1 /4 (one fourth)?
The trashcan is almost full of trash. About how much trash is in the bag? Is the answer about 1 bag, about 1/2 of a bag, or about none of a bag?
What is about 1 bag?
I have a set of 6 pens. 3 of the pens are blue, 1 of the pens is orange, and 2 of the pens are purple. What fraction shows the number of purple pens?
What is 2/6? (Two sixths)
Juan catches 10 fish. 1/2 of the fish are sunfish. How many fish are sunfish?
What is 5 ?