Equivalent Fractions
A rectangle is divided into 8 equal parts. Two parts are shaded. What is a fraction that is equivalent to the shaded area of the rectangle?
Possible Answers: 1/4 3/12 4/16 5/20
A student is comparing the fractions 9/12 and 5/8 using <, >, or =. Write a comparison of the two fractions.
9/12 > 5/8
Fourth grade Peachcrest teachers had a contest. Ms. Futrell graded 2/3 of her tests. Ms. Sackie graded 3/4 of her tests. Ms. Coleman graded 4/6 of her tests. Who graded the most tests?
Who is Ms. Sackie?
Compare 4/8 and 2/3. Which fraction is greater?
2/3 is greater
Compare these fractions using >, <, or =.
5/10 and 30/60
=
What are two equivalent fractions for 2/5?
Possible Answers: 4/10 6/15 8/20 10/25
Compare 5/8 and 5/6. Use words or model(s) to show your thinking.
What is 5/6? When fractions have the same numerator, the smaller denominator is the larger fraction because the pieces are actually bigger. I only want to share with 6 people instead of 8. I'm hungry!
Mike ate four-sixths of a cookie cake. Meg ate one-half of the same cookie cake. Who at the most of the cookie cake?
Who is Mike?
Bill used 3/8 cup of raisins and 2/3 cup of banana chips to make a snack. His brother asked if he used more raisins or banana chips. Which fruit did Bill use more of?
Bill used more banana chips 2/3 is greater than 3/8
Nadia is baking bread. She mixes 1/2 cup of milk. 1/8 cup of water and 1/3 cup of butter. Which fraction is the least?
1/8
Which fraction is NOT equivalent to 3/4: 9/12 6/8 12/16 8/12
8/12
Theo filled measuring cup 2/4 full of water. Angelica filled a measuring cup 3/8 full of water. Write an equation the shows which cup has more water.
2/4 > 3/8
Four friends poured a glass of water at dinner. Which two friends poured the same amount of water? Kimberly: 3/4 Dana: 1/3 Edgar: 3/6 Calvin: 6/8
What is Kimberly and Calvin?
Sue has 4 pieces of wood. The lengths of the wood are 1/3 meter, 2/5 meter, 3/10 meter and 1/4 meter. Which piece of wood is the shortest?
1/4 meter
Amy needs 6/8 liters of fruit juice to make punch. She needs an equal amount of water. How much water does she need? A. 2/8 liter - B. 1/2 liter - C. 2/3 liter - D. 3/4 liter
D. 3/4 liter
Sophia's vegetable garden is divided into 12 equal sections. She plants carrots in 8 of the sections. What are two fractions that are equivalent to the part of Sophia's garden that is planted with carrots?
Possible Answers: 2/3 4/6 16/24 24/36
Maria, Dave, Leah, and Jones ran these distance during five minutes. Who ran the shortest distance? Maria ran 5/6 of a mile. Dave ran 5/8 of a mile. Leah ran 2/3 of a mile. Jonas ran 3/4 of a mile.
Who is Dave?
In recent survey, 2/5 people said pizza was their favorite food, 1/4 said hotdogs, and 3/10 said popcorn. Which food did people favorite the least.
What is hotdogs?
A recipe for trail mix includes 1/2 cup sunflower seeds, 3/4 cup of raisins and 3/8 cup of granola. Put these fractions in order from least to greatest.
3/8, 1/2, 3/4
Mindy bought 24 cupcakes. Nine of them have chocolate frosting, and the rest have vanilla frosting. What fraction of the cupcakes have vanilla frosting?
15/24
Jamal finished 5/6 of his homework. Margaret finished 3/4 of her homework, and Steve finished 10/12 of his homework. Which students finished the same amount of homework?
Jamal and Steve
Gail and Hanna shared a pizza. Gail ate 1/2 of the pizza, and Hanna ate 3/8 of the pizza. Who ate more pizza?
Who is Gail?
Two buckets are the same size. Bucket #1 is 5/9 full of water. Bucket #2 is 3/10 full of water. Which bucket has less water?
What is bucket #2?
Three days a week, Maria runs 3/4 mile, 7/8 mile and 3/5 mile. What are theses distances in order from greatest to least?
7/8, 3/4, 3/5
At a party, there were four large sandwiches, all the same size. During the party, 2/3 of the chicken sandwich, 3/4 of the tuna sandwich, 7/12 of the roast beef sandwich and 5/6 of the veggie sandwich were eaten. Which sandwich had the least amount left over?
The Veggie Sandwich