Chapter 9 Review

Compare Fractions

100

Ryder skated two thirds mile from his home to school.  Riley skates two fourths mile to get to school.  Who skates farther?  

Ryder

200

Charlotte makes a pizza.  She put pepperoni on two eighths of the pizza.  She adds extra cheese to five eighths of the pizza.  Which topping covers more of the pizza?

extra cheese

300

The jars of paint in the art room have different amounts of paint.  The green paint jar is four eighths full.  The purple paint jar is four sixths full.  Which paint jar is less full?

the green paint jar

400

Jordan has a recipe for bread.  He uses two thirds cup of flour and one third cup of chopped onion.  Which ingredient does he use more of?

flour

500

Explain how you can find whether five sixths of five eighths is greater.

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Same Denominator

100

Write greater than, less than, or equal to. 

4/6 and 6/6

4/6 is less than 6/6

OR

6/6 is greater than 4/6

200

Write greater than, less than, or equal to.

3/8 and 3/8 

3/8 = 3/8

300

Write greater than, less than, or equal to.

3/4 and 2/4

3/4 is greater than 2/4 

OR

2/4 is less than 3/4

400

Write greater than, less than, or equal to.

2/3 and 3/3

2/3 is less than 3/3

OR

3/3 is more than 2/3

500

Write greater than, less than, or equal to.

2/2 and 2/2

2/2 = 2/2

Same Numerator

100

Write greater than, less than, or equal to.

6/8 and 6/6

6/8 is less than 6/6 

OR 

6/6 is greater than 6/8

200

Write greater than, less than, or equal to.

4/8 and 4/8

4/8 = 4/8

300

Write greater than, less than, or equal to.

5/6 and 5/8

5/6 is greater than 5/8

OR

5/8 is less than 5/6

400

Mrs. Bryant is buying food at Whole Foods.  The tray of salad plates is 3/8 full.  The tray os fruit plates if 3/4 full.  Which tray is more full?

the fruit plate tray

500

Mr. Johnson bought buttons.  Of the buttons, 2/4 are yellow and 2/8 are red.  Mr. Johnson bough more of which color buttons?

yellow

Order Fractions

100

Write the fractions in order from greatest to least.

2/8, 5/8, 1/8

5/8, 2/8, 1/8

200

Write the fractions in order from greatest to least.

4/4, 1/4, 3/4

4/4, 3/4, 1/4

300

Write the fractions in order from least to greatest.

2/4, 4/4, 3/4

2/4, 3/4, 4/4

400

Write the fractions in order from least to greatest.

4/6, 5/6, 2/6

2/6, 4/6, 5/6

500

Mrs. McCrone ran 7/8 mile on Monday.  She ran 3/8 mule on Wednesday and 5/8 mile on Friday.  Which day did Mrs. McCrone run the shortest distance?

Wednesday

Equivalent Fractions

100

3/4 is equal to 6/?

6/8

200

2/4 is equal to ?/2

1/2

300

4/6 is equal to ?/3

2/3

400

1/2 is equal to ?/6

3/6

500

Mr. Acevedo painted 4 out of 8 equal parts of a poster board blue.  Mrs. Kersey painted 2 out of 4 equal parts of the same-size poster board red.  Write fractions to show which part of the poster board each person painted.

Mr. Acevedo 4/8

Mrs. Kersey 2/4