True or False?
The denominator tells me how many pieces of a fraction I have.
FALSE.
The denominator tells you the size of the pieces.
Which is bigger?
8/12 or 1/3?
8/12 is bigger than 1/3
What does it mean to find an Equivalent Fraction?
It means to find two fractions that are the same amount.
What is an equivalent fraction to 7/18?
14/36
Which is bigger?
1/2 or 7/12
7/12
An improper fraction can be regrouped into a mixed number.
TRUE.
Improper fractions can be re-written as a mixed number.
Find a fraction equivalent to 6/8
12/16, 3/4, 24/32
What is a mixed number?
A whole number combined with a fraction amount.
What is 9/18 + 7/9?
23/18
Which is bigger?
7/8 or 7/10
7/8
I can multiply the numerator and denominator by any number I want, so long as it is the same, to make an equivalent fraction.
TRUE.
You can choose what to multiply by, so long as it is the same number to both parts of the fraction, to make a new, equal, fraction.
DAILY DOUBLE!
Is this problem impossible?
2 and 3/4 - 1 and 16/8
This problem is impossible and will result in an answer less than zero.
What is an improper fraction?
A fraction where the numerator is bigger than the denominator.
Regroup 23/18 to a mixed number
1 and 5/18
Which is bigger?
6/12 or 12/24
They are equal
I will always get the lowest common denominator if I multiply two unlike denominators together.
FALSE
Sometimes one denominator is a factor of the other!
Joey spends 1/2 sleeping in his log and 3/12 of his day basking on his sun rock. How much of his total day does he spend in his log and on his rock?
9/12
What does find a common denominator do to two unlike fractions?
It makes two different sized fractions the same size.
Regroup 44/25 to a mixed number
1 and 19/25
Which is bigger?
22/18 or 1 and 2/18
22/18
An improper fraction will always be greater than one whole.
TRUE
When a numerator is bigger than a denominator, it means there are more pieces than one whole.
Chris is riding his bike 2 and 8/10 miles to the park. He stops to take a drink 1 and 1/5 of the way there. How much farther does Chris have to bike?
1 and 6/10 of a mile is left
What does it mean to simplify a fraction?
It means by dividing the numerator and denominator by the same number, the fraction can be made friendly.
2 and 1/4 - 1 and 3/5
13/20
Which is bigger?
14/8 or 1 and 6/8
They are equal