Vocabulary
What are two equal parts called?
halves
A circle is divided into halves and one of the halves is shaded. What part of the whole is shaded?
1 / 2 (one half)
A square is divided into four parts that have the same size. Two parts are shaded. How many parts need to be shaded to make a whole?
Two more parts
You work at a pet store. There are 40 pets at the store. 11 of the pets are cats. 9 of the pets are dogs. There are 20 guinea pigs and rats. What part of the store are dogs and cats? Write the fraction.
20 / 40
OR
1 / 2 (one half)
Sally has 4 balls. 1/2 of her balls are red. How many of her balls are red?
2
This is what three equal parts is called.
thirds
Maria has a kite that has four equal parts. Two of the parts are shaded. What fraction of the kite is shaded?
2 / 4 (two fourths)
An equilateral triangle is shaded. The complete triangle is shaded. There are no divided parts. What fractions represents the triangle?
1 / 1
There are 5 flowers. Three of the flowers are red, and 2 of the flowers are purple. What fraction of the flowers are purple?
2 / 5 (two fifths)
There are 8 roses. 2/4 of the roses are red. How many roses are red?
4
Four equal parts are called __________.
fourths
Jerry had an orange with six equal parts. Jerry gave away one part of his orange. What fraction of the orange did he give away?
1 / 6 (one sixth)
Draw rectangle divided into 9 parts. Shade 1 / 3 of the whole.
(Drawing)
Ned's rose garden has four equal parts. One part is red roses. One part is pink roses. One part is yellow roses. One part is white roses. What fraction represents the pink roses and white roses?
2 / 4 (two fourths)
OR
1 / 2 (one half)
There are 12 chicks. 1/4 of the chicks are yellow. How many of the chicks are yellow?
3
Say the word for "equal parts of a whole"
fractions
A rectangle is divided into four equal parts. Three of the parts are shaded. What is the fraction for the shaded part?
3 / 4 (three fourths)
You are cooking dinner for your family. You made six equal portions of rice. You give three of them to your oldest daughter and one portion to your youngest. Your youngest says she wants the same amount as her oldest sister. How many extra portions do you give to your youngest?
Two more portions (2 / 6 of the rice)
Yesterday, you bought 12 apples. 10 of the apples are green and 2 of the apples are yellow. What fraction shows the green apples in the set?
10 / 12
Julia has 8 buttons in her coat. 1/4 of the buttons are yellow. How many buttons were yellow?
2
This is what we call a collection of things.
a set
Draw a pentagon. Divide it in half.
(Drawing)
You want to make a recipe for cookies. The recipe asks for 1 / 2 cup of sugar. You don't like sugar. You decide to cut the amount of sugar in two. How much sugar do you put in the cookies?
1 /4 cup of sugar
Nathan got a gift of 10 pens. 4 of the pens are blue, 1 of the pens is orange, 3 of the pens are black, and 2 of the pens are pink. What fraction shows the number of black pens?
3 / 10 (three tenths)
Juan catches 10 fish. 3/5 of the fish are sunfish. How many fish are sunfish?
6