Mixed & Improper
Show 5/4 on a number line from 0–2. What mixed number is it?
Answer: 1 1/4
Write three tenths as a decimal and a fraction.
0.3 and 3/10
Which is greater: 0.6 or 0.56?
Answer: 0.6 > 0.56
2/8 + 3/8 = ?
Answer: 5/8
Ava ate 3/8 of a pizza for lunch and 2/8 for dinner. How much did she eat in all?
Answer: 5/8
An area model shows 11 fourths shaded. What is the mixed number?
Answer: 2 3/4
Write 47 hundredths in standard, fraction, and expanded decimal form.
Answer: 0.47; 47/100; 0.4 + 0.07
Fill in with >, =, or <: 0.43 ___ 0.4
Answer: 0.43 > 0.4
5/6 − 1/6 = ? (simplify if you can)
Answer: 4/6 = 2/3
A ribbon is 7/10 yard long. 3/10 was cut off. How much ribbon is left?
Answer: 4/10 = 2/5
Which improper fraction equals 3 1/2?
Answer: 7/2
What number is “sixteen hundredths”? Give decimal and fraction.
Answer: 0.16 and 16/100
Put in order (least to greatest): 0.82, 0.9, 0.75
Answer: 0.75, 0.82, 0.9
Decompose 5/8 into a sum of unit fractions.
Answer: 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8
A trail is 1 mile. Pat walked 9/12 of a mile. How much is left?
Answer: 3/12 = 1/4 mile
Draw 2 wholes on a number line and mark 8/4. How many whole numbers is that?
Answer: 2 (because 8/4 = 2)
Write one and five hundredths in all forms (words, decimal, fraction, expanded).
Answer: “one and five hundredths”; 1.05; 1 5/100; 1 + 0.05
Fill in with >, =, or <: 1.05 ___ 1.5
Answer: 1.05 < 1.5
7/10 + 5/10 = ? (write as an improper and mixed number)
Answer: 12/10 = 1 2/10 = 1 1/5
A punch recipe uses 2/6 cup lemon juice and 3/6 cup water. What is the total liquid?
Answer: 5/6 cup
Shade an area model to show 1 5/6. Write its improper fraction.
Answer: 11/6
Convert 19/10 to a mixed number and a decimal.
Answer: 1 9/10 and 1.9
True or False: 0.3 = 0.30. Explain.
Answer: True. Adding a zero in the hundredths place doesn’t change the value.
9/12 − 5/12 = ? (simplify)
Answer: 4/12 = 1/3
A jar has 3/8 strawberry jam and 4/8 blueberry jam. What fraction is filled?
Answer: 7/8