FRACTION JEOPARDY!!!

Name that LCD

100

Name the LCD for the following pair of fractions:

1/4 and 3/4

LCD: 4 ! 

200

Name the LCD for the following pair of fractions:

1/2 and 3/8

LCD: 8 !

300

Name the LCD for the following pair of fractions:

5/7 and 9/14

LCD: 14 !

400

Name the LCD for the following pair of fractions:

2/5 and 5/6

LCD: 30 !

500

Name the LCD for the following pair of fractions:

9/10 and 1/8

LCD: 40 !

Equivalent Fractions

100

True or False 

1/2 and 4/8 are equivalent fractions. 

True

200

Find the missing number.

5/10 = ?/20

10

300

5/?   =  10/12

6

400

Find the missing number 

15/20 = ?/4

3

500

Find the missing number 

72/48 = ?/6

9

Ordering and Comparing Fractions

100

Compare the fractions 

2/9     5/9

2/9   <  5/9

200

Compare the fractions 

7/15     7/9

7/15   <  7/9

300

Compare the fractions:

8/9     9/10

8/9  <   9/10 

400

Order the fractions from smallest to biggest. 

1/6, 2/6, 4/6, 3/6, 5/6

1/6, 2/6, 3/6, 4/6, 5/6

500

Order these fractions from biggest to smallest:

5/12, 7/12, 3/12, 1/4, 2/3

2/3, 7/12, 5/12, 3/12, 1/4  

Improper Fractions & Mixed Numbers

100

Convert the following mixed number to improper fraction (reduce to lowest terms if necessary):

1 3/4

= 7/4 !

(4x1 = 4,

4 + 3 = 7)

200

Convert the following improper fraction to mixed number (reduce to lowest terms if necessary):

11/2

= 5 1/2 !

(How many times does 2 go into 11 without going over? 2 x 5 = 10 with 1/2 left over!)

300

Convert the following mixed number to improper fraction (reduce to lowest terms if necessary):

4 3/7

= 31/7 !

(4x7 = 28,

28 + 3 = 31)

400

Convert the following improper fraction to mixed number (reduce to lowest terms if necessary):

19/3

= 6 1/3 !

(How many times does 3 go into 19 without going over? 3 x 6 = 18 with 1/3 left over!)

500

Convert the following improper fraction to mixed number (reduce to lowest terms if necessary):

28/7

= 4 !

(How many times does 7 go into 28 without going over? 7 x 4 = 28 with nothing left over!)

Simplifying Fractions

100

Simplify the following fraction: 2/4

= 1/2

(divide both numerator and denominator by 2)

200

Simplify the following fraction: 5/30

= 1/6

(divide both numerator and denominator by 5)

300

Simplify the following fraction: 7/49

= 1/7

(divide both numerator and denominator by 7)

400

Simplify the following fraction: 20/100

= 1/5

(divide both numerator and denominator by 20)

500

Simplify the following fraction: 12/36

= 1/3

(divide both numerator and denominator by 12)