Comparing Fractions
Fractions of a Set
Fraction Pictures
Fraction Word Problems
Fraction Vocab
100
Replace the blank with < , > , or =
1/4 ____ 5/6
1/4 < 5/6
100
What is 1/4 of 8?
2
100
What is the fraction of the purple squares?
3/12 or three twelfths
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 ate more cake (8 pieces)
100
what is a FRACTION?
Pieces or parts of a whole
200
Write these fractions in order from least to greatest:
1/7, 1/10, 1/3, 1/2
1/10, 1/7, 1/3, 1/2
200
There were 24 kids in a class. Two-thirds of them were boys. What number of the kids were girls?
8 girls
200
What fraction is shown in this picture?
2/6 or two sixths
200
Fran baked 12 lemon tarts for her son, Bob. He gobbled up 1/4 of the 12 tarts. How many tarts did Bob eat?
Bob ate 3 tarts
200
What is the top number called?
Numerator
300
Replace the blank with <, >, or =
2/4 ___ 4/8
2/4 = 4/8
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
How many people have a bag? (Write in a fraction)
3/5 or three fifths
300
Mrs. K gave away 2/5 of her pizza to Mr. Quinn and 1/5 of her pizza to Mrs. Thompson. What fraction of her pizza does Mrs. K have left?
Mrs. K still have 2/5 of her pizza left.
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
400
Replace the blank with <, >, or =
2/3 ___ 4/10
2/3 > 4/10
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
Does this picture show the same fraction? Explain why or why not
Yes because each fraction is showing 1/2 (they are equivalent fractions)
400
At a school, they were making a new playground. They made half the playground grass and half of it tarmac. Half of the tarmac was basketball courts. What fraction of the whole playground was basketball courts?
1/4 of the whole playground is covered by basketball courts
400
What does the numerator tell you?
It counts how many pieces you have.
500
Write these fractions in order from least to greatest:
11/12, 9/10, 4/5, 5/6
4/5, 5/6, 9/10, 11/12
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
Does this picture show 1/4? Why/ Why not?
No because this picture does not show 4 EQUAL sections.
500
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?
Robert ate 7 slices of pizza.
500
What does the word equivalent mean?
Equal amounts but in a different way.