Fractions Vocabulary
Fraction
Compare the fractions. 2/8 and 3/4
2/8 is less than 3/4
OR
2/8 <3/4
6/5 or 1 1/5
10 9/11 + 8 7/11=
19 5/11
Rick's chemistry textbook weighs 3/4 of a pound and his geometry textbook weighs 1/2. How much more does the chemistry textbook weigh than the geometry textbook?
1/4 pound
This number in a fraction describes the number of pieces in the whole.
denominator
Put these fractions in order from least to greatest.
1/4, 2/4, 3/4
11/15 - 3/5 =
2/15
8 11/12- 3 1/3 =
5 7/12
When Hayley had one cat, she needed to serve 2/3 of a can of cat food each day. Now that Hayley has adopted a second cat, she needs to serve a total of 5/6 of a can each day. How much extra food is needed to feed the second cat?
1/6 of a can of cat food.
This number in a fraction describes the number or shaded or used pieces of the whole.
The numerator
True or False
3/4 is greater than `2/8
True
1/3- 1/12
3/12
3 7/9- 2 5/9=
1 2/9
Yesterday, Lucy walked 1/4 of a mile from the swimming pool to the ice cream stand and 1/2 of a mile from the ice cream stand back home. How many miles did Lucy walk in all?
3/4 miles.
These are words we use to compare fractions.
Greater than, less than, equal two.
True or false.
3/8 is less than 2/4
True
3/14 + 3/7 =
9/14
10 9/10 + 10 1/2=
21 2/5
Reba and Doug own neighboring cornfields. Reba harvested 4 4/5 acres of corn on Monday and Doug harvested 1 1/5 acres. How many more acres did Reba harvest than Doug?
3 3/5
This is the smallest multiple between two numbers that are common.
Hint (its usually becomes your least common denominator or LCD.)
Least Common Multiple or LCM
True or false.
2 2/4 is equal to 12/4
False
3/10 + 1/2=
8/10
1 2/3 + 3 2/3 =
Abigail owns two dogs. Each day, one dog eats 1 scoop of dog food and the other dog eats 2 3/4 scoops. Together, how much dog food do the two dogs eat each day?
3 3/4