Vocabulary
Fraction Models
Whole and Equal Parts and
Estimating Fractions
Estimating Fractions
Fractions of a set
Write the Fraction
100
This is what two equal parts are called.
halves?
100
This circle is divided into halves and one of the halves is shaded. What part of the whole is shaded?
What is 1/2 (one half)?
100
This square is divided into two parts that have the same size and are the same shape. Does this square have equal or unequal parts?
equal
100
This is a set with two red fish and one blue fish. What fraction of the fish are blue?
What is 1/3 (one third)?
100
two-fourths
2/4
200
This is what three equal parts is called.
thirds?
200
Maria has a pizza that has four equal parts. Two of the parts are shaded. What fraction of the pizza is shaded?
2/4 (two fourths)
200
This triangle is divided into 3 pieces that are NOT the same size and shape. These pieces are.....(equal or not equal)
Unequal
200
There are 5 flowers. Three of the flowers are red, and 2 of the flowers are purple. What fraction of the flowers are purple?
What is 2/5 (two fifths)?
200
three eighths
3/8
300
This is what four equal parts are called.
fourths
300
Jerry had a pie with six equal parts. Jerry gave away one part of his pie. What fraction of the pie did he give away?
What is 1/6 (one sixth)?
300
Two out of 4 dogs walking down street are brown. What are TWO different ways this fraction can be written? *Challenge
2/4 and 1/2
300
This is a set of 6 balls. 3 of the balls are footballs, 2 are soccer balls, and one is a baseball. What fraction of the balls are footballs?
What is 3/6 (three sixth)?
300
nine tenths
9/10
400
In a fraction what does the bottom number (denominator) represent?
The number of equal parts.
400
This circle that is divided into four equal parts. Three of the parts are shaded. What is the fraction for the shaded part of the circle?
3 /4 (three fourths)
400
You ate 5 pieces of an apple. There are 5 pieces left. Is the amount left closest to 0, 1, or 1/2?
What is 1/2 (one half)?
400
This is a set of 6 apples. 4 of the apples are green and 2 of the apples are red. What fraction shows the green apples in the set? 
What is 4/6?
400
half
1/2
500
What is the top number of a fraction called?
The Numerator
500
Ned's rose garden has four equal parts. One part is red roses. What part of the rose garden is red roses?
1/4 (one fourth)
500
If 3 out of 6 houses on the street have a tree out front, then what are two ways to write this fraction?
3/6 and 1/2
500
This is a set of 4 pizzas. 3 of the pizzas are pepperoni and 1 of the pizzas is cheese. What fraction shows the number of pepperoni pizzas?
What is 3/4?
500
five nineths
5/9