Equivalent/ Comparing
Fractions
Fractions
What are TWO equivalent fractions for:
4/8
Examples:
2/4, 1/2, 8/16, 12/24
2/5 + 1/5=
3/5
What are TWO ways to decompose 4/6?
2/6 + 2/6
3/6 + 1/6
5 7/8 + 8 1/8=
14
6 1/6 - 4 5/6=
1 2/6
What are TWO equivalent fractions for:
6/12
Examples:
1/2, 3/6, 12/24
6/8 - 4/8=
2/8
What are TWO ways to decompose 9/12?
7/12 + 2/12
8/12 + 1/12
6/12 + 3/12
5/12 + 4/12
2 7/10 + 1 9/10=
4 6/10
8 3/8 - 3 5/8=
4 6/8
Compare the fractions below using, <,>, or =.
5/11 and 1/2
5/11 < 1/2
In a classroom, 5/8 of the students did not buy lunch. What fraction of the students did buy lunch?
3/8 of the students did buy lunch.
What are TWO ways to decompose 1 4/5
1 + 4/5
5/5 + 4/5
5/5 + 2/5 + 2/5
7/5 + 2/5
6 5/12 + 4 11/12=
11 4/12
7 - 2 1/8=
4 7/8
Compare the fractions below using, <,>, or =.
2/3 and 2/5.
2/3 > 2/5
Sarah shared a bag of jelly beans with her friends. She gave 3/12 of the bag to Logan and 5/12 of the bag to Max. What fraction of the bag of jelly beans does Sarah have left?
4/12 of the bag of jelly beans are left.
The teacher asks the class to decompose the mixed number 1 3/4. Tara says one way is 5/4 + 2/4. Jake says one way is 4/4 + 2/4 + 1/4. Who is correct?
Both students are correct.
If my team runs in a relay, and I run 1 1/4 mile, Dan runs 2 2/4 miles, and Sam runs 1 1/4 mile. How many miles did we run all together?
5 miles.
Last month a school used 5 1/12 boxes of paper. This month, the school used 1 5/12 boxes of paper. How many more boxes did they use last week than this week.
3 8/12 more boxes of paper.
Compare the two fractions below using, <,>, or =.
6/7 and 5/6
6/7 > 5/6
Katie gave away 10 cookies and has 4 cookies left. What subtraction problem shows the fraction of cookies she has left.
14/14 - 10/14= 4/14.
4/14 cookies aree left.
Jason ate 2/9 bag of popcorn, He shared the rest with Kayla. Find three ways they could share the remaining amount of popcorn.
Jason eats 5/9, Kayla eats 2/9.
Jason eats 3/9, Kayla eats 4/9.
Jason eats 6/9, Kayla eats 1/9.
The bus took 2 6/7 hours to get from my house to the city, and 3 3/7 hours from the city to Albany. How long did the bus take to get from my house to Albany.
6 2/7 hours.
Tyler had 5 3/5 meters of string. He uses 3 3/5 meters for a project, and 1 1/5 for his cat. How much string does he have left?
4/5 meter of string.