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100

Logan and Nick were working on a poster.  Logan drew 4 out of the 10 characters and Nick drew the rest.  Who drew a larger fraction of characters?

Logan drew 4/10 and Nick drew 6/10  Nick drew more than Logan.

100

Partition a rectangle into 4 equal parts.

(answers will vary)

100

Does  ¾ =6/8?  Explain your answer.

¾ = 6/8

100

Mrs. Stevens had 4 math masks and 8 science masks.  What fraction of her masks are math masks?

4/12 or 1/3

100

800 - 245 = 

555

200

Lana, Abby and Kaylee were wrapping gifts for the toy drive.  Lana wrapped 3 out of the 12 presents.  Kaylee wrapped 4 out of 12 and Abby wrapped the rest.  Who wrapped the biggest fraction?

Abby wrapped  the largest fraction since she wrapped 5/12

Kaylee wrapped 4/12

Lana wrapped 3/12

200

Partition a square into 6 equal parts.

Answers will vary

200

Write an equivalent fraction for 4/5

(too many to list)

200

Dante finished 4 chapters of his book.  What fraction of the book chapters did he read? (What part of the fraction is missing to answer this question?)

The denominator


Chapters read

The total number of book chapters

200

789 + 211 = 

1,000

300

Connor, Mike and Mrs. Stevens went on a bug hunt.  They found a total of 12 different kinds of bugs.  Connor was able to identify ½ of the different types of bugs.  Mike knew 5 out of the 12 and Mrs Stevens identified the rest.  Who identified the smallest partition of bugs?

Mrs. Stevens 1/12

Mike 5/12

Connor 6/12 or 1/2

300

Label the number line  ½

300

4    =   8

5         ?

4    =   8

5        10

300

Camille has a great pen collection.  3 have purple ink, 4 have blue ink and 2 have green ink.  What fraction other pens have purple ink?

3/9

300

645 - 319 = 

326

400

Jimmy ate 2 out of the 8 slices of pumpkin pie and 2 out of the 10 slices of apple pie.  Did he have a bigger fraction of the pumpkin pie or apple pie?

Pumpkin pie because 2/8 >2/10

400

A student said she partitioned a circle into thirds correctly.  Is she right or wrong?  Correct if wrong.

She is wrong.

one example of correct partitioning:


400

Juliet challenged Avery to write all of the equivalent fractions for ½. Should she take the challenge?

No because there is an infinite number of fractions.

400

Lucy was decorating cupcakes.  She decorated 4 with vanilla icing, eight with chocolate icing and 2 with strawberry icing.  What fraction is not strawberry?

12/14 or 6/7

400

1,654 + 5,346

7,000

500

Ms. Palmer read 6 out of the ten books from the series.  Mrs. Stevens read ½ of the same series.  Who read more?

Ms. Palmer read 6/10 Mrs. Stevens read 5/10

500

Label a number line ⅞


500

Tessa completed 8 problems in class and 8 more after school.  What  fraction did she complete in class?

8/8          8/1     or 1/2

½  because ½ = 8/16

500

Frankie and Reid were  helping with the first graders.  Frankie noticed that 4/10 were wearing green and Reid noticed that 3/10 were wearing all blue.  What fraction were not wearing green or blue?

3/10

500

5,009 - 4,678=

331

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