Miscellaneous
What is a denominator?
The number of pieces a fraction is broken into.
Cooper has 12 horses and 8 cows. He put 1/4 of the horses and 1/2 of the cows in the barn. Did he put more horses or cows in the barn?
Cows (1/2 of 8 is 4, 1/4 of 12 is 3)
3/15
1/3
1/10 vs 8/10
8/10
1/2 = ?/4
2/4
What is a numerator?
The number of selected pieces in a fraction
Brynly buys two packages of fidgets. One package weighs 3/8 pound and the other package weighs 3/4 pound. Which weight is greater than 1/2 pound.
The package that weighs 3/4 pound
25/100
1/4
3/6 vs 3/9
3/6
3/4 = ?/8
6/8
Write an equivalent fraction for 2/3
4/6, 6/9, 8/12...
Mr. Huebner reduced the fraction 4/12 and got 2/6. Is he correct?
No. Not in simplest terms. 1/3.
21/28
3/4
4/5 vs 8/9
8/9
4/7 = 16/?
16/28
4 2/5 + 5 1/5 =
6 3/5
Two boys are sharing candy. Logan O. receives 5/10 of the candy. Javier receives 3/6 of the candy. Who received more?
Both got the same amount.
4/10
2/5
8/9 vs 8/12
8/9
6/? = 24/36
6/9
4 x 1/4
1
Ms. Soltvedt has the problem 4/5 = ?/10. She wrote 2/10. What did she do wrong and what is the correct answer.
Divided by two instead of multiplied. 8/10.
12/48
1/4
5/7 vs 4/5
4/5
10/3 = ?/9
30/9