Comparing Fractions/ Fraction Landmarks
Replace the blank with < , > , or = 1/4 ____ 3/6
1/4 < 3/6
What is 1/4 of 8?
2
Write two fractions that are equivalent to one half
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Paula ate 1/2 of a 16-piece cake, and Catherine ate 1/3 of a cake the same size as Paula's. Who ate more cake?
Paula
what is the bottom number in a fraction called?
The denominator
Write these fractions in order from least to greatest: 1/7, 1/10, 1/3, 1/2
1/10, 1/7, 1/3, 1/2
There were 24 kids in a class. Two-thirds of them were boys. What number of the kids were girls?
8 girls
One third is the same as ____ sixths.
two sixths
Ricky read 2/4 of a 100 page book. How many pages did he read?
50 pages
What is the top number in a fraction called?
The numerator
Replace the blank with <, >, or = 2/4 ___ 4/8
2/4 = 4/8
There are 20,000 people in a stadium. Half of them were male. Half of the males wore baseball hats. How many males were wearing baseball hats?
5,000 males
One fourth is the same as ___ twelfths
three
Ms. Hopkins gave away 2/5 of her pizza to Ms. Matthews and 2/10 of her pizza to Ms. O'Connor. What fraction of her pizza does Ms. Hopkins have left?
2/5 of her pizza
What does the denominator in a fraction tell you?
1.) How many pieces there are in a whole 2.) How many times you've split the whole 3.) What type of fractional piece you have
Replace the blank with <, >, or = 2/3 ___ 4/10
2/3 > 4/10
There are 24 kids in a class. One third of them went to the library, and one fourth of them went to the garden. The rest stayed in the classroom. How many kids stayed in the classroom?
10 kids
Two thirds is the same as ___ ninths
six ninths
Robert made two pizzas: pepperoni and cheese. He cut the pepperoni into 10 slices and the cheese pizza into 8 slices. He ate one fifth of the pepperoni and a fourth of the cheese pizza. How many SLICES did he eat in all?
4 slices
What does the numerator in a fraction tell you?
It counts how many pieces of the whole you have.
Write these fractions in order from least to greatest: 11/12, 9/10, 4/5, 5/6
4/5, 5/6, 9/10, 11/12
9 out of 10 dentists recommend using a special toothbrush. If there are 100 dentists at a meeting, how many of them would recommend using the special toothbrush?
90
three fourths is the same as ___ sixteenths
twelve sixteenths
At a school, they were building a new playground. They made half the playground grass and half of it blacktop. Half of the blacktop was filled with basketball courts. What fraction of the whole playground were the basketball courts?
1/4
What does the word equivalent mean?
Equal amounts but shown in a different way