Fractions
What is one whole written as a fraction with a denominator of 4?
4/4
Solve:
1/2 times 1/2
1/4
What is the formula for the area of a rectangle?
L times W
Elise drinks 1/3 liter of water. How much does she drink in 3 days?
1 Liter
1/3 times 3 = 1
3 X 5 = ?
15
A container holds 4/5 liter of water. During a hike, Jada drank 2/3 of the water. How much water did Jada drink?
8/15
If an apple weighs
3/4
pound and is cut into 4 equal pieces, how much does each piece weigh?
3/16 pounds
Solve:
3 times 1/5
3/5
Each tile is 1/2 ft by 1/2 ft/
What is the area of one tile?
1/4 Square feet
A plant grows 2/5 foot per week. How much in 5 weeks?
2 feet.
2/5 times 5 = 2
Write an expression that equals 150.
Write a multiplication and division expression.
30 x 5, or 75 x 2,
300 divide 2
Three friends equally share 1/2 kg of cherries.
1/2 divide 3 = 1/6
Which fraction is larger?:
3/8 or 1/4
3/8
Solve:
3/4 times 2/3
6/12 = 1/2
If a shaded region covers 21 unit squares, what is its area?
21 square units
A rope is 4 meters long. You use 3/4 of it. How much is used?
3 meters
3/4 times 4 = 3
Write an expression to represent "half of 12"
1/2 times 12
An apple weighs 1/2 pound. Diego cuts the apple into 4 equal pieces. How many pounds does each piece of the apple weigh?
1/8
True or False:
A fraction less than 1 multiplied by a whole number can still be greater than 1.
True (example:
3/4 times 4 = 3
A container holds 1 liter of water. Jada drinks 3/8 of it.
How much water did she drink?
3/8 Liters
True or False:
A 1/2 ft X 1/2 ft tile has the same area as a 1ft X 1 ft tile.
False ( 1/4 sq ft is smaller)
A field is 8 meters long and 1/2 meter wide. What is the area?
4 square meters
Write an expression that shows "three fourths of 20"
3/4 times 20
The trail is 3 1/4 miles long. Mai walked 1/3 of the trail. How many miles did Mai walk?
1 1/12
Explain why dividing a fraction by 4 makes it smaller
Because dividing means splitting into more pieces, so each piece is smaller
Noah wants to run 5 miles. The track is 1/4 mile long. How many laps does he need to run?
20 Laps
(5 divide 1/4 = 5 times 4 = 20)
The bathroom uses 12 tiles. Each tile is 1/4 sq ft
What is the floor area?
3 Square Feet
12 times 1/4 = 3
Jada drinks 3/8 of a liter of water. How much water is left in the container?
5/8
Explain how multiplying a fraction by a whole number changes the size of the fraction
Multiplying a fraction by a whole number repeats the fraction that many times. If the whole number is greater than 1, the product gets bigger. If the fraction is less than 1, the total is still smaller than the whole number you started with.
Clare has 5 yards of ribbon. It takes 1/2 yard to make a bow. How many bows can Clare make with the ribbon?
10