Fractions of a Group
Fraction Word Problems
Fraction Vocab
Adding or Subtracting fractions
Mix Bag
100

What is 1/5 of 10?

2

100
Paula ate 1/2 of a 16-piece cake, and Catherine ate 1/3 of a cake the same size as Paula's. Who ate more cake?
Paula
100
what is a FRACTION?
Pieces or parts of a whole
100

What is 4/12 + 5/12?

9/12

100

Write 3 3/5 as an improper fraction.

18/5

200

what is 2/4 of 56?

28

200
Ricky read 2/4 of a 100 page book. How many pages did he read?
50 pages
200
What is the top number called?
Numerator
200

What is 4/10 + 4/10 in simplest form?

4/5

200

Convert 23/3 into a mixed number.

7 2/3

300
There are 20,000 people in a stadium. Half of them were male. Half of the males wore baseball hats. How many males were wearing baseball hats?
5,000
300
Ms. K gave away 2/5 of her pizza to Mr. Bacon and 1/5 of her pizza to Mrs. Baer. What fraction of her pizza does Ms. K have left?
2/5
300
What does the bottom number (denominator) 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
300

Keng bought a box of fruit that weighed 23/24 kilograms. If he gave away 19/24 kilograms of fruit to his friends, how many kilograms does he have left? Write your answer in simplest form.

4/24 = 1/6

300

What is the definition of the word "numerator"?

the number above the fraction bar that shows the number of equal parts of the whole or set

400
There are 24 kids in a class. One third of them went to the library, and one fourth of them went to the garden. The rest stayed in the classroom. How many kids stayed in the classroom?
10 kids
400
Robert made two pizzas: pepperoni and cheese. He cut the pepperoni into 10 slices and the cheese pizza into 8 slices. He ate half of the pepperoni and a fourth of the cheese pizza. How many SLICES did he eat in all?
7 slices
400
What does the numerator tell you?
It counts how many pieces you have.
400

Add the fractions. Write the answer as a mixed number. 2/4 + 1/4 + 3/4 =

1 2/4

400

Describe like and unlike fractions. Give examples of both.

Like fractions are fractions with the same denominators. Unlike fractions are fractions with different denominators.

500
9 out of 10 dentists recommend using a special toothbrush. If there are 100 dentists at a meeting, how many of them would recommend using the special toothbrush?
90
500
At a school, they were making a new playground. They made half the playground grass and half of it blacktop. Half of the blacktop was basketball courts. What fraction of the whole playground was basketball courts?
1/4
500
What does the word equivalent mean?
Equal amounts but in a different way.
500

A full garbage truck weighed 23/10 tons. After dumping the garbage, the truck weighed 8/10 tons. What was the weight of the garbage? BONUS: Write your answer as a mixed number in simplest form.

15/10 = 1 5/10 = 1 1/2 tons

500

What is Mr. Villa's favorite pie?

Pizza Pie!