Lesson Learners
What type of fraction is it called when the numerator is LARGER than the denomitaor?
What is 4/5 + 1/5?
What is 5/5 or 1.
What is 7/8 - 4/8?
What is 3/8.
In November, all the leaves were falling off the trees and making a huge mess. Vince worked 1/4 hour one day raking the leaves on his front lawn. He worked 3/4 hours the next day. How many hours did Vince slave away raking leaves on his lawn?
What is 4/4 hours, or 1 hour.
How would you write "the sum of 5/6 and 1/6" as a mathematical expression?
What is 5/6 + 1/6.
What do you call a whole number and a fraction put together? Example: 2 1/4
What is a mixed number.
What is one way to decompose 5/7?
What is 2/7 + 3/7 or 1/7 plus 4/7.
What is 8 4/5 - 6 1/5?
What is 2 3/5.
Faith helped her mother with the laundry. She did 1/8 of it on Monday and 3/8 of it on Tuesday and 2/8 on Wednesday. What fraction of the laundry had she done?
What is 6/8 of the laundry.
How would you write "the difference between 5/6 and 1/6" as an equation? Be sure to solve it!
What is 5/6 - 1/6 = 4/6
What does unlike denominators mean?
What is the denominators are not the same (they are different).
What is 3/4 + 3/4?
What is 6/4 or 1 2/4 or 1 1/2.
What is 21 8/10 - 9 4/10?
What is 12 4/10.
Christopher went to the Sacramento Railroad Museum to see model trains. He saw 6/10 mile of track on the first floor of the museum. He saw 22/100 mile of track on the second floor. How much of the total track did he see on both floors? Explain.
What is 82/100.
6/10 x 10/10= 60/100
60/100 + 22/100 = 82/100 mile
How would you change one of these fractions so they could be added? Explain.
4/10 + 55/100
What is change 4/10 to 40/100.
4/10 x 10/10 = 40/100
How do you read this problem?
1/2 + 1/2 = 2/2 or 1
What is one half plus one half equals 2 halves or 1 whole.
What is 3 4/8 + 7 3/8?
What is 10 7/8.
After school, Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Marsh decided to have a race. Mrs. Fisher ran 1 9/12 of a mile, and Mrs. Marsh ran 1 7/12 of a mile. How much farther did Mrs. Fisher run than Mrs. Marsh?
What is 2/12.
What is 4 and 5/8.
How would you change this improper fraction into a mixed number?
19/8
2 3/8
When 9/16 and 7/16 are added together, how would you compare it to a whole--is it greater than, less than, or equal to a whole? Explain your answer.
What is greater than a whole because 9/16 + 7/16= 16/16 which is equal to 1.
What is 7/6 + 5/6?
What is 12/6 or 2.
In fourth grade the students use the following abbreviations when they chat with their friends online: TTYL- 22/100 IDK- 67/100 SUS- 11/100 BRB- 29/100 LOL- 93/100. What fraction of these students use LOL and IDK when chatting online?
What is 1 60/100.
93/100 + 67/100 = 160/100 or 1 and 60/100