Fraction Knowledge
equivalent fractions
Word problems
Comparing fractions
Whole numbers
100
What does the top number of a fraction represent?
The number of pieces you have.
100
Name a fraction equal to 1/2
2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10, 6/12
100
One half of the muffins in a box are chocolate and the other half are oatmeal. There are 6 muffins in the box. What is a fraction you could write to show how many muffins are oatmeal?
1/2 or 3/6
100
Which fraction is greater?
2/3 or 1/3
2/3. Denominator is the same, so just compare the numerator.
100
What whole number = 3/3?
1. The numerator and denominator are the same so they equal 1 whole.
200
What does the bottom number of a fraction represent?
The number of pieces that make up the whole; the size of the parts
200
What fraction is equal to 4/8?
4/8=1/2 since the numerator is half of the denominator (4 is half of 8), I know that it is equal to 1/2.
200
Joelle walks 3/4 of a mile. Her brother walks 1/2 of a mile. Who walked farther?
Joelle
200
Which fraction is greater?
3/4 or 3/8
3/4.
Since the denominator is the different, but the numerator is the same, we compare the denominators.
The smaller denominator is greater since it is broken into less pieces.
200
What whole number = 4/2?
2.
I can think 2x?=4. ?=2
Also if I have 2 halves to make 1 whole, if I double them to have 4 halves, I will have 2 wholes.
300
What does it mean if the numerator is denominator are the same?
They make 1 whole.
300
What fraction is equal to 1/3?
2/6- if you double each part of the fraction, you get the equal fraction
1x2=2
3x2=6
300
Danielle ate 3/4 of her sandwich. Toni ate 2/4 of her sandwich. How much more did Danielle eat than Toni?
1/4 more
300
Which fraction is less?
2/2 or 4/4?
They are equal. Since the numerator and denominator are the same, they are both equal to 1 whole.
300
What whole number = 6/1?
6. A 1 in the denominator means that there is only one piece to make a whole. We call that a whole.
Sooooo, 6 wholes = 6!
400
What does it mean if the numerator is greater than the denominator?
The fraction is greater than 1 whole.
400
What fraction is equal to 2/8?
1/4. I can divide the numerator and denominator by 2.
2 divided by 2= 1
8 divided by 2= 4
400
There are 2 pieces of pie on the counter. The cherry pie is cut into 10 pieces and the blueberry is cut into 6 pieces. If Mark wants a big piece, what kind of pie should he pick?
Blueberry.
If the pie is cut into more pieces, the pieces are smaller, so less pieces will mean a bigger piece.
400
Which fraction is less?
3/4 or 1/3
1/3
Since the numerators and denominators are both different, I need to use tiles, number lines or benchmarks to help me.
I know 1/3 is less than 1/2 since 1/3 is a smaller sized piece than 1/2. I know 3/4 is greater than 1/2 since 2/4 is equal to 1/2. and 3 pieces are more than 2 pieces.
400
What whole number is = 12/4?
3
Think 4x?=12. ?=3