The Basics
The name for the number on the top of a fraction.
What is the numerator?
4 stars are yellow, 2 stars are read, 1 star is blue and 1 star is green. What fraction of the stars are yellow?
What is 4/8 (or 1/2)?
4/10 or 4/8. Which is greater?
4/8
Ms. Hanson cut a cake into 8 equal pieces. She gave 1 slice away to Mrs. Foltz. What fraction of the cake did Mrs. Foltz get?
What is 1/8 of the cake?
Denominator.
What is the name for the number on the bottom of a fraction?
What is the fraction of girls in this group? Don't include Miss Bradrick
6/8
The fraction that is less.
2/8 or 5/8?
What is 5/8?
Tucker had 6 pencils. He gave 2 of them away to his friends. What fraction of the pencils does he have left?
What is 4/6 of the pencils?
Fractions are only fractions if they are partitioned into ___________________ parts.
What is equal?
Miss Bradrick baked 6 cookies. 3 are chocolate chip, 2 are peanut butter and 1 is sugar. What fraction is peanut butter?
2/6 or 1/3
The fraction that is greater.
2/3 or 4/8?
What is 2/3?
There were 8 third graders in the gym. One third grader left to get a drink of water. How many third graders were still in the gym?
What is 7/8 of the third graders?
The name for two fractions that are the same.
What is equivalent?
There are three students in a group. What fraction is one student of the group?
1/3
3/6 or 3/8. Which is greater?
3/6
Karan wanted to share a pizza with 5 friends AND himself. What fraction of the pizza would each person receive?
What is 1/6 of the pizza?
Ms. Bradrick's favorite Disney princess.
1/3 of 15.
What is 5?
4/6 or 4/5. Which is less?
4/6
Oskar had a bag of 12 soccer balls. He took out 1/4 of them to play on the field with his friends. How many soccer balls did he take out of the bag?
What are 3 soccer balls?