Decomposing Fractions
Equivalent Fractions
Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Whole Number x Fraction
10ths and 100ths
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Decompose 5/7.
What is 2/7+3/7 or 1/7+1/7+1/7+1/7+1/7 or 1/7+4/7? (Must have one of them.)
100
Provide 1 equivalent fraction for 2/3.
What is 4/6 or 6/9? (Or any other acceptable answer that is an equivalent.)
100
Add. Put in simplest form. 2/9+1/9=
What is 3/9, which simplifies to 1/3, by dividing the numerator and denominator by 3.
100
5 x 3/4=
What is 15/4?
100
Add the fractions using 100 as the common denominator. 5/10+23/100=
What is 73/100?
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Decompose 12/15.
What is 6/15+6/15 or 11/15+1?15? (Or any other acceptable answer that decomposes the fraction correctly.)
200
True or False? Explain. 5/10=25/50
What is true? Because you are multiplying the numerator and denominator by the same number (5) to get the equivalent fraction.
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Subtract. Put in simplest form. 7/10-5/10
What is 2/10, which is simplified to 1/5 by dividing the numerator and denominator by 2.
200
10 x 6/7=
What is 60/7?
200
Subtract the fractions using 100 as the common denominator. 7/10-25/100=
What is 45/100?
300
Decompose 8/9 three different ways.
What is 4/9+4/9 or 2/9+6/9? (Or any other acceptable answer that correctly decomposes the fraction.)
300
6/11=__/55
What is 30?
300
Subtract. Put in simplest form. 3 and 5/6 - 1 and 2/6=
What is 2 and 3/6, which simplifies to 2 and 1/2 by dividing the numerator and denominator by 3.
300
There are 4 dog bowls. Jay filled each bowl 2/5 full with dog food. How much food did he use?
What is 8/5? 4 x 2/5.
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True or False? 9/100+3/10=12/100
What is false?
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Which choice is NOT a correct way to decompose 9/10? A. 3/10+3/10+3/!0 B. 5/10+4/!0 C. 2/10+5/10 D. 4/10+2/10+3/10
What is C (2/10+5/10).
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Which fractions are equivalent to 5/6? A. 10/12, 15/16, 20/24 B. 50/60, 25/30, 40/48 C. 15/18, 10/15, 50/60
What is B?
400
Dylan has 5/8 of a box of chocolates. Chloe has 2/8 of a box of chocolates. How much do they have total?
What is 7/8? Add 5/8+2/8.
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There were 6 pies at the party. Erin ate 3/4 of each pie. How much pie did she eat?
What is 18/4? 6 x 3/4.
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True of False? 7/10+13/100=83/100
What is true?
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Which is NOT a correct way to decompose 6/7? A. 3/7+3/7 B. 4/7+2/7 C. 1/7+5/7 D. 2/7+5/7
What is D (2/7+5/7).
500
Compare 2/4 and 4/8. Explain.
What is an equivalent fraction? They are equivalent; the numerator and denominator were both multiplied by 2 to get 4/8.
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Bob spent 3/8 of an hour on math homework. He spent 7/8 of an hour on reading homework. How much longer did he spend on reading homework than math homework?
What is 4/8 or 1/2? 7/8-3/8.
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Multiply. Put in simplest form. 3 x 2/3=
What is 2? 6/3 can be simplified by dividing the numerator and denominator by 3, which is 2/1, or 2 wholes.
500
True or False? 6/10-15/100=45/100
What is true?