Fraction Basics
Name Fractions on a Number Line
Sums of Unit Fractions
Greater than one
Fractions of a set
100
This shape is divided into 3 equal parts. What is the name for the parts?
1/3 or thirds
100
Draw a number line to represent thirds and label each point.
100
Write the fraction represented by the sum of the unit fractions. 3 fourths of the rectangle is shaded. (think: 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 = ?)
1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 = 3/4
100
Are 6/6 and 1 equal? (Draw a picture to show your reasoning)
Yes, because 6 out of 6 pieces is the whole.
100
What fraction of the balloons are blue?
3/5 of the balloons are blue.
200
What fraction of the square is NOT green?
1/4 of the flag is not green.
200
Draw a number line and plot the point 2/4 on it.
200
Ashley made a pan of brownies. She cut the pan into 6 equal pieces. Each piece is 1/6 of the whole. Her friend Chloe ate 2 pieces, so 4/6 of the pan of brownies is left. Write 4/6 as a sum of unit fractions. 
4/6 = 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6
200
Are these fractions equal or unequal?
2 and 12/6 (Draw a picture)
Equal 
200
What fraction of the counters are green?
3/12 of the counters are green.
300
What fraction is shown here? (I need 2 answers)
3/6 and 1/2
300
Write the fraction that names point A.
4/8 or 1/2
300
Write 6/8 as a sum of unit fractions.
6/8 = 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8
300
Each shape is 1 whole. Write a fraction for the parts that are shaded. 
2 5/6
300
Draw 8 triangles. Make 4 sets. Shade 1 set. Then write a fraction to name the shaded part of the set.
2/8 or 1/4
400
Mrs. Castro ordered pizza. Each pizza had 8 equal slices. What fraction of the first pizza was eaten? What fraction of the second pizza is left? (2 answers)
Pizza 1 = 2/8
Pizza 2 = 3/8
400
There is a track at the high school. It takes 4 laps around the track to run 1 mile. How many laps around the track would it take to run 3/4 of a mile. (Draw a number line)
3 laps
400
Write the fraction represented by the sum of unit fractions.
1/4 + 1/4 =
(2 answers)
2/4 and 1/2
400
Write a fraction greater than 1 for the sum of the unit fraction.
1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 = ?
6/4
400
Brian has 6 marbles. Of them, 1/3 are blue. The rest are red. Draw a picture to show Brians marbles.
Write "B" for the blue
Write "R" for the red
B B R R R R
500
John says that 2/4 of the rectangle is shaded. Describe his error. Write the correct fraction for the shaded part. (two answers)
John miscounted the total amount of parts in the whole. There are 6 parts not 4. The fraction should be 2/6.
500
A recipe for brownies makes enough for 8 servings. How many servings can be made using 5/8 of each ingredient in the recipe? (draw a number line)
5 servings
500
Which is 3/8 written as a sum of unit fractions?
a: 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8
b: 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8
c: 1/8 + 1/8
d: 3/8 + 3/8 + 3/8
b: 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8
500
Tanner drew the number line below. He said that 9/8 and 1 are equal. Explain his error...
Tanner put 1/8 and 0 and 9/8 and 1 at the same spots on the number line. He should have put 0/8, 1/8, 2/8,...
500
Maddie picked some flowers. What fraction of flowers are yellow or pink? What fraction of the flowers are NOT yellow or pink?
🌼 🌼 🌼 🌼 🌸 🌸 🌷 🌷
- Yellow = 🌼
- pink = 🌸
- Other color = 🌷
6/8 of the flowers are yellow or pink. 2/8 of the flowers are not yellow or pink.