Double Jeopardy:
Rename this fraction into a mixed number:
26/5
1 1/5
Double Jeopardy:
Rename this fraction into a mixed number:
14/6
Answer:
2 2/6 or 2 1/3
Simplify
2/16
(Extra 100 point challenge question): Can I simplify the fraction 1/5.
Answer:
1/8
Challenge Question:
No because there is a 1 in the numerator
The Lopez family volunteers at the Community Garden. ½ of the garden is used for growing fruit. ¼ of the fruit section is used for growing strawberries. What fraction of the garden is used for growing strawberries?
Answer: 1/8 is used for growing strawberries
Give an example of a mixed number.
Explain why it is a mixed number.
Example answers:
4 1/3 5 2/5
It is a mixed number because we have a whole number and a fraction.
Question 1:
Solve the equation, rename the improper fraction:
15 x 4/10
Answer: 6
Question 2:
Which of the following is equal to:
2/3 x 5/8
Answer: Letter b 10/24
Simplify
6/36
(Extra 100 point challenge question): Can I simplify the fraction 2/15?
Answer:
1/6
Challenge Question:
No because 2 can not go into 15.
½ of the people who live in the neighborhood volunteer at the community garden. 7/5 of those volunteers are teenagers. What fraction of the volunteers are teenagers?
Answer:
7/10 are teenagers
What does the keyword of represent in a fraction word problem?
Multiplication
Question 4:
Find the product:
7/8 x 3/5
Part B (200 pts for each team): Now write another multiplication equation with the same product.
Part A: 21/40
Part B example answers:
21/8 x 1/5 3/8 x 7/5 7/10 x 3/4
Question 3
Complete the equation and explain your answer. Simplify your answer.
4/5 x 1/4
Answer: 4/20 or 1/5
Simplify
9/27
Answer:
1/3
⅙ of the garden is used for growing flowers. ¾ of the flowers are purple. What fraction of the garden is purple flowers? Simplify!
Answer:
3/24 are purple flowers or
Full points (1/8 are purple flowers)
Simplify this fraction.
3/9
What is simplifying?
How do we simplify?
Why is it different from renaming?
Answer:
1/3
Simplifying is when we try to turn a fraction into it's lowest terms. We simplify by dividing the top and bottom of a fraction by the greatest common factor.
It is different because renaming is when we divide by taking out wholes until we can make a whole number or mixed number.
Question 5
Liana had 25 cups of paint. She used 2/5 of the paint for a project. How much paint did Liana use? Show your work and rename the improper fraction. Include units.
10 cups of paint
Question 6:
Bentley has 8 jars of jam that each weigh 3/4 pound. What is the total weight of the soda cans? Show your work and rename the improper fraction. Include units.
6 pounds
Simplify
4/22
Answer:
2/11
The Lopez family volunteers at the Community Garden. Mrs. Lopez volunteered in the garden for 6/10 of an hour each day. Each week she volunteers for 5 days. What fraction of an hour does Mrs. Lopez volunteer in the garden each week. (Rename)
Answer:
30/10 of an hour or
Full points: 3 hours
Write three examples of an improper fraction.
Explain what makes each fraction improper.
Example Answers: 5/2, 45/5, 36/6
Improper fractions are fractions that have a numerator that is greater than the denominator.
Question 8
Part A: Of the 8 students, 1/4 are in the History Club. How many of the students are in the History Club? Rename improper fraction.
Part B: Of the 8 students, 3/4 are in the Soccer Club. How many of the students are in the Soccer Club? Rename improper fraction.
Bonus question (200 pts.) Part C: What relationship do you notice between the number of students in the Soccer Club and the number of students in the History Club?
Part A: 2 students
Part B: 6 students
Part C: Example answer: There are 3 times more students in soccer club than history club.
Question 7:
Which rectangle has the greatest area. Remember area is length times width. Show all your work.
Circle below which rectangle has a greater area. Rectangle A or Rectangle B
Answers:
Rectangle A: 2/20 or 1/10 square inches
Rectangle B: 8/20 or 2/5 square inches
Rectangle A has the greatest area!
Simplify
15/65
Answer: 3/13
Mr Lopez picked ⅘ of a pound of strawberries from the garden. He used ⅚ of what he picked to make a batch of cake. How many pounds of strawberries did Mr. Lopez use to make his cake?
(Simplify)!
Answer:
20/30 pounds or
Full points: 2/3 pounds
Rename the following fractions.
4/2 and 75/5
What does it mean to rename fractions?
Should I simplify first or rename first?
Which type of fraction does I always need to rename?
Answer:
2 and 15
We rename fractions when the numerator is more than the denominator. To rename fractions means we are turning it into a whole number or mixed number.
We rename first and we always rename improper fractions.