Write two fractions that are equivalent to 1/2
2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10, 6/12, 7/14, 8/16, 9/18, 10/20
What is the top number of a fraction called?
Numerator
There were 18 kids in a class. Two-thirds of them were boys. What fraction, in 18ths, of the students are boys?
12/18
1/3 is the same as ?/6
2/6
What is the bottom number of a fraction called?
Denominator
There are 30 people in a stadium. Half of them wore hats to the game. What fraction, in 30ths, of people wore hats to the game today?
15/30
1/4 is the same as ?/12
3/12
Ms. K gave away 2/5 of her pizza to Mr. Bacon. Write a fraction that is equivalent to 2/5.
Possible answer: 4/10
What does the bottom number (denominator) of a fraction tell you?
1.) How many pieces there are in a whole 2.) How many times you've split the whole 3.) What type of fractional piece you have
There are 24 kids in a class. Two thirds of them went to the library. What fraction, in 24ths, of students went to the library?
16/24
2/3 is the same as ?/9
6/9
Robert made a pizza: He cut the pizza into 15 slices. He ate 5 slices. Write the amount of pizza he ate as a simplified fraction.
1/3
What does the top number (numerator) of a fraction tell you?
It counts how many pieces you have out of the whole thing.
9 out of 10 dentists recommend using a special toothbrush. If there are 100 dentists at a meeting, what fraction of dentists, in 100ths, would recommend using the special toothbrush?
90/100
3/4 is the same as ?/16
12/16
At a school, they made 36 sandwiches for lunch. 9 of the sandwiches were eaten. What fraction of the sandwiches were eaten in simplest form?
1/4