Representing Fractions
How do you represent 1/2 using a circle diagram??
Color half of the circle.
What is the top number of a fractions called?
What is a fraction?
A part of a whole.
4/5
If a pizza is cut into 8 slices and you eat 2, what fraction of the pizza did you eat?
2/8.
Where would you place 1/2 on a number line?
Halfway.
What is the bottom of a fraction called?
Denominator.
True or False: A fraction can be a whole number.
False.
Which is smaller: 5/6 or 3/6?
3/6 is smaller.
You have a chocolate bar broken into 4 pieces, and you give away 1. What fraction do you have left?
3/4.
Create a visual model for 5/8
Student should draw a shape divided into 8 equal parts and shade 5 of them.
In the fraction 5/8, what is the numerator?
5.
Explain how fractions can be used in sharing a pizza.
Fractions show how much each person gets when the pizza is divided.
Which is larger: 1/4 or 1/3?
1/3 is larger.
If there are 10 students and 4 have blue shirts, what fraction of the students are wearing blue shirts?
4/10.
Students draw a bar divided into 5 parts with 2 shaded.
In the fraction 7/10, what is the denominator?
10.
How can we use fractions in cooking?
To measure ingredients (like 1/2 cup of sugar).
What does it mean to compare fractions?
To see which fraction is larger, smaller or if they are equal.
How can you represent 1/3 of an hour?
20 minutes.
What fraction would be found one-quarter on a number line?
1/4.
In the fraction 5/12, what does the denominator tell us?
It tells us how many equal parts the whole is divided into.
If you have 3 out of 4 slices of pizza, what fraction represents the pizza you have?
3/4.
If you have 1/3 and 2/3, which fraction represents more than half?
2/3 represents more than half.
In a class of 12 students, if 3 students have pets, what fraction of the class has pets?
3/12.