Fun with Fractions
1/3 + 4/5 = ? Do your work on the board. You have 1 minute to answer!
17/15 or 1 2/15
What continent is the USA in?
North America
2,345 X 5000 = ? You have 1 minute to answer. Do work on the board.
11,725,000
He was considered the national hero of the USA, and it's first president.
George
What is the lowest common denominator between 5/6 and 7/8?
24
What is an equivalent fraction of 4/12?
1/3 or 8/24 or 12/36 ....
What is the formative document of the USA?
The US Constitution
5,674 x 3,200 = ? You have 1 minute to answer. Do work on the board.
18,156,800
He was very tall
Abe
What is the area of a square that is 7 meters wide and 8 meters high? Please state units as well.
7 x 8 = 56 m squared
John had 10 apples, he gave 3/4 of his apples to Dave. How many apples did Dave have? Show your work.
10 x 3/4 = 30/4= 7 2/4 = 7 1/2
Judicial, Executive, and Legislative
4,789 x 5,430 = ? You have 1 minute to answer. Do work on the board.
26,004,270
He was murdered by John Wilkes Booth while watching a play.
Abe
40 - 6 x 5 = ? Remember PEMDAS. You have 15 seconds to answer!
PEMDAS
6 x 5 = 30
40 - 30 = 10
Lucy had 20 cookies. She gave 1/2 of them to Sarah. Sarah gave 1/2 of her cookies to Claire. How many cookies does Claire have?
1/2 of 20 = 10, 1/2 of 10 = 5. Claire had 5 cookies
What does it mean when we say the US government has "Checks and Balances"?
Each branch of government has equal power so that no one branch has too much power
1,432 x 3,241 = ? You have 2 minutes to answer. Do work on the board.
4,641,112
He signed the very first copyright law into effect.
George
X - 256 = 500
Find X
You have 30 seconds to answer. Use the white board to show your work.
500- 256 = 244
There are 100 people in the room. 3/4 of them are blond. 1/2 of them have blue eyes. If someone has to have blond hair in order to have blue eyes, how many people have both blond hair and non-blue eyes?
1/2 of people have blue eyes, so they also have to have blond hair (50). 3/4 have blond hair (75). 75-50=25 blond and non-blue eyes.
How many governors are there in the USA?
50 (the number of states in the USA)
9,786 x 6,998 = ? You have 3 minutes to answer. Do work on the board.
68,482,428
He is memorialized in US currency and on Mount Rushmore.
George and Abe
(X + 25) / 20 = 100 you have 30 seconds to answer. show your work on the whiteboard.
100 x 20 = 2,000
2,000 - 25 = 1,975