Mixed Fractions
A shape has 8 equal parts. 3 are shaded.
What fraction is shaded?
3/8
What is 1/3 of 15?
5
1/2 = ?/10
5
Which is bigger: 1/2 or 1/4?
👉 1/2
What is this fraction in words? 1/10
One tenth.
A shape has 10 equal parts. 7 are shaded. What is the fraction?
7/10
What is 1/4 of 100?
25
4/5= 16/?
20
Which is bigger: 3/5 or 2/5?
👉 3/5
What does numerator mean?
It is the top number in a fraction (shows how many parts are shaded)
What fraction is 1 out of 4 equal parts? And how to say in words?
1/4
One quarter
What is one fifth of twenty-five?
1/5 of 25 = 5
?/3 = 8/24
1
Order there fractions in ascending order: 3/5, 1/5, 4/5
1/5, 3/5, 4/5
What does denominator mean?
It is the bottom number of the fraction (number that that the whole is split into)
What is 1/2 in a decimal?
0.5
What is one third of ninety?
Thirty (30)
TRUE or FALSE:
5/8 = 10/12
👉 Answer: FALSE
(10/12 = 5/6, not 5/8)
Order in ascending order: 1/3, 1/2, 2/3
Firstly, make the same denominator
1/3 👉 2/6
1/2 👉3/6
2/3 👉 4/6
Then order them...
👉 1/3, 1/2, 2/3
What does 'equivalent fraction' mean?
A fraction with the same value as another.
What is 3/4 as a decimal?
0.75
What are two thirds of one hundred and twenty?
2x40 = 80
TRUE or FALSE:
9/12 = 3/4
Answer: TRUE
(divide both by 3)
Order these fractions in DESCENDING order
2/3, 3/4, 1/2
Make denominators the same (12 works well):
2/3 = 8/12
3/4 = 9/12
1/2 = 6/12
Now compare:
9/12 > 8/12 > 6/12
What does it mean to simplify a fraction? And how do you do it?
To simplify a fraction means to make the fraction smaller (simpler) but keep the same value.
👉 You do this by dividing the top and bottom by the same number.