Equations
Mateo and 4 of his friends shared a box of 12 cookies. How many cookies did each friend receive?
Five people share 12 cookies. Each person gets 2
2/5 cookies.
12 ÷ 5 = 12/5 or 2 2/5
Tsion is following a recipe for soup that requires 2/3 cups of vegetable broth to make 1 batch of soup. How many cups of vegetable broth would she need for 5 batches of soup?
Five times 2/3 is equal to 10/3 or 3 1/3.
5 x 2/3 = 10/3 or 3 1/3
What is the method for dividing fractions?
Keep Change Flip
Amani has 8 strawberries. She gave 1/4 of them to her sister, Lani. How many strawberries did Amani give to Lani?
2 strawberries
Which is greater? 4 children sharing 6 cans of paint OR 6 children sharing 4 cans of paint
6 children sharing 4 cans of paint
Five apple pies were shared equally by 12 people. How much pie did each person receive?
Twelve people share 5 pies. Each person gets 5/12 of a pie.
5 ÷ 12 = 5/12
Patrick ate 35 of a small pizza for dinner. He ate 12 of the leftover pizza for lunch the next day. How much pizza did Patrick eat for lunch?
3/5 times 1/2 is equal to 3/10.
3/5 x 1/2 = 3/10
How do you multiply fractions? What strategy?
The area model
Amani had 8 lbs. of strawberries. Each person in her extended family will get 1/4 lb. of strawberries. How many family members will get strawberries?
32 family members
What happens to the product when you multiply a number by a fraction greater than 1?
The product is greater than the original number
Hee-Yong rode 12/13 miles to school each day. 1/3 of the total ride is on a bike path. How far does Hee-Yong ride on the bike path?
A third of 12 1/3 miles is equal to 4 1/9 miles.
12 1/3 x 1/3 = 4 1/9
Josh has a 12-pound bag of bird food. He uses 1/6 pound of food to feed his birds each day. How many days will the bag feed Josh’s birds?
There are 72 servings of 1/6 pound each in 12 pounds.
12 ÷ 1/6 = 72
When adding or subtracting fractions, what must be true
You must have common denominators
Cara made 4 pounds of trail mix. She put the trail mix into 1/4 pound bags. How many bags of trail mix did Cara make?
16 bags
What happens when you multiply a number by a fraction less than 1?
The product is less than the original number.
There are 15 people on the basketball team. 25 of the team are in fifth grade. How many of the players are in fifth grade?
Two-fifths of 15 is equal to 6. (One-sixth of 15 is 3, so twice that is 6.)
15 x 2/5 = 6
Ellie has 1/3 of a yard of fabric to make headbands. Ellie is able to make 4 headbands out of the fabric. How many yards of fabric did Ellie use for each headband?
1/3 yard split evenly between 4 headbands is 1/12 of a yard each.
1/3 divided by 4 = 1/12
What is the reciprocal?
The cafeteria made 5 sub sandwiches that 6 children will share for the upcoming field trip.Write the fraction of the sub each child will receive
5/6
How do I write a division problem as a fraction?
What am I sharing?/ Into how many groups?