Equivalent Fractions
6/12 is equivalent to 1/2.
True or false?
True
Which is greater, 2/12 or 3/12?
3/12
Marshall uses estimation to check his answer to this problem. 340 × 47 = □
What is the best estimated answer to Marshall’s number sentence?
A. 1,000
B. 1,500
C. 10,000
D. 15,000
D. 15,000
What are the factors of 6?
(1, 2, 3, 6)
What is 1,209,261 written in expanded form?
1,000,000 + 200,000 + 9,000 + 200 + 60 + 1
What is a fraction that is equivalent to 1/2?
2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10, 6/12, 7/14, 8/16, 9/18, etc...
Which is greater, 1/2 or 3/4?
3/4
Toby earned $3 per hour watching his little brother, Marshall, for 5 hours on Saturday night. He also earned $6 per hour watching Marshall for 4 hours on Sunday night. How much money did Toby earn last weekend?
$39
What are the first 4 multiples of 4?
4, 8, 12, 16
Mrs. Williams went to Target to purchase the following items for each of her three children: one bicycle for $150, one bicycle helmet for $8, one arts and crafts set for $34 and one box of washable markers for $2. What is the total amount she spent?
$194
What is equivalent to 4/5?
A) 4/8
B) 7/10
C) 8/10
D) 5/8
8/10
Which fraction is greater than 5/8?
A) 3/6
B) 7/12
C) 1/3
D) 4/6
4/6
Dr. Bosch wants to bring ice cream for all 88 students Ms. Burgess’s math class. One carton of ice cream is enough for 10 students. How many cartons of ice cream does she need?
9 cartons
What are the factors of 25?
(1, 5, 25)
What is 3,516 x 5?
17,580
What is equivalent to 6/10?
A) 2/5
B) 5/3
C) 3/5
D) 2/3
3/5
Which of the following is a TRUE statement?
7/8 < 5/6
2/3 > 3/6
1/2 < 6/12
3/4 > 6/8
2/3 > 3/6
Ms. Moore’s students are collecting pebbles for their science project. On Thursday, 2/6 of the class brought in pebbles. On Friday, 3/12 of the class brought in pebbles.
Use <, =, or > to write a number sentence that compares the fraction of the class that brought in pebbles on Thursday to the fraction of the class that brought in pebbles on Friday.
Explain how you decided which symbol to use in the number sentence.
2/6 > 3/12
Explanation example: I made both denominators the same by multiplying the two. Whatever I multiplied the denominator I did the same to the top to find the numerator.
What are the factors of 20?
A) 4, 5
B) 1, 20
C) 2, 10
D) All of the above
D. All of the above
Food Lion sells pies in packs of 7. On Wednesday, the store baked 134 pies in the morning and 415 pies in the afternoon. How many 7‐packs of pies can the store sell?
78 R.3
What is equivalent to 7/8?
A) 12/13
B) 7/9
C) 1/4
D) 14/16
14/16
Which of these fractions is less than 1/3 ?
A. 2/5
B. 2/6
C. 1/4
D. 3/8
C. 1/4
Mari made two waffles that were exactly the same size. The first waffle was a chocolate chip waffle, which she cut into 8 equal slices. The second was a blueberry waffle, which she cut into 16 equal slices. Mari takes her waffles to the kitchen table. People eat 6 slices of chocolate chip waffle and 8 slices of blueberry waffle.
1. Write fractions to represent the amount of chocolate chip waffle and the amount of blueberry waffle that was eaten.
2. Write a number sentence to compare the fraction of chocolate chip waffle eaten to the fraction of blueberry waffle eaten, using <, >, =.
3. Justify your number sentence in Part B using pictures, words, or equation.
1. cc- 6/8 bb- 8/16
2. 6/8 > 8/16
3. Explanation example: I multiplied the two denominators to make them the same. Whatever I multiplied to the bottom to get the new denominator I multiplied to the top to find the numerator. Another example: I knew that 8/16 was exactly half and 6/8 is more than half.
What are all the factors of 48?
A) 1,3,4,6,8,12,24,48
B) 1,4,6,8,12,48
C) 1,2,3,4,6,8,12,16,24,48
D) 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,12,16,24,26,48
C
Aliana and Tyran are each making a banner to run for class president. Aliana’s banner measures 45 inches long. This is 5 times the length of Tyran’s banner. What equation can be used to find how long Tyran’s banner is?
45 divided by 5 = 9