Fraction Vocabulary
Parts of a Fraction
Number Lines and Whole Numbers
Find Part of a Group or the Whole Group
Easy Peasy
100
A number that names part of a whole or part of a group.
What is a fraction?
100
The amount of each slice of pie that is cut into 8 pieces.
What is eights?
100
A recipe for pasta makes enough for eight servings. How many servings can be made using 4/8 of each ingredient in the recipe?
What is 4 servings
100
Sophie uses 16 beads to make a necklace. One fourth of the beads are purple. How many of the beads are purple?
What is 4
100
What you call two pieces of a pizza pie
What is halves
200
Names 1 equal part of a whole. It has 1 as its top number.
What is a unit fraction?
200
Thomas wants to divide a square piece of paper into 4 equal parts. Draw two different quick pictures to show what his paper could look like.
200
Javia ran 8 laps around a track to run a total of 1 mile on Monday. How many laps will she need to run on Tuesday to run 3/8 of a mile?
What is 3
200
Janeen used 16 pieces of fruit to make her salad. If 1/4 of the fruits were peaches, how many peaches did she use?
What is 4
200
What the fraction line stands for
What is "out of" or "divided by"
300
Tells how many parts are being counted.
What is a numerator?
300
Maria prepared 5 quesadillas. She wants to share them equally among 8 of her neighbors. How much of a quesadilla will each neighbor get?
5 eighths, or one-half and 1 eighth of a quesadilla
300
Lucy rode her bike around the block 4 times for a total of 1 mile yesterday. Today she wants to ride her bike 3/4 of a mile. How many times will she need to ride her bike around the block?
What is 3
300
Michael replaced 1/3 of the buttons on his coat. If he replaced a total of 3 buttons, how many buttons are on his coat? Show your work.
What is 9
300
What you call five equal shares of a sandwich
What is fifths
400
Tells how many equal parts are in the whole or in the group.
What is a denominator?
400
Riley and Chad each have a granola bar broken into equal pieces. They each eat one piece, or 1_ 4 , of their granola bar. How many more pieces do Riley and Chad need to eat to finish both granola bars? Draw a picture to justify your answer.
What is 6 more pieces
400
Steve ran 1 mile and Jenna ran 4/4 of a mile. Did Steve and Jenna run the same distance?
Yes
400
Marcus baked a loaf of banana bread for a party. He cut the loaf into equal size pieces. At the end of the party, there were 6 pieces left. Explain how you can find the number of pieces in the whole loaf if Marcus told you that 1/3 of the loaf was left.
What is 18
400
What that parts have to be
What is equal
500
Has a numerator greater than its denominator.
What is a improper fraction?
500
A garden has six sections. Two sections are planted with tomatoes. Which fraction represents the part of the garden without tomatoes?
What is 4/6
500
Jeff rode his bike around a bike trail that was 1/3 of a mile long. He rode around the trail 9 times. Write a fraction greater than 1 for the distance. How many miles did Jeff ride?
What is 3
500
Braden bought 4 packs of dog treats. He gave 4 treats to his neighbor’s dog. Now Braden has 24 treats left for his dog. How many dog treats were in each pack? Explain how you know.
What is 7
500
The fraction of girls in the class
11/30