Equivalent Fractions
Melissa split some equal sized candy bars into pieces. She kept 2/3 of a candy bar for herself. She wants to give her friend Sally an equal amount. Which fraction is equal to 2/3?
A. 3/2 B. 2/6 C. 6/8 D. 4/6
D. 4/6
Which statement is true?
A. 1/3 < 2/8 B. 2/3 < 5/8
C. 2/3 > 3/8 D. 1/2 > 3/6
C. 2/3
Which number sentence is one way to decompose 1 2/3?
A. 2/3 + 1/3 B. 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3
C. 2/3 + 2/3 D. 1 + 1 + 1/3 + 1/3
B. 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3
What is 2/5 x 9?
A. 11/5 B. 7/5 C. 9/5 D. 18/5
D. 18/5
Sam got 80/100 on his spelling test. Which fraction is equivalent to Sam's score?
A. 800/100 B. 80/10 C. 8/100 D. 8/10
D. 8/10
Martina got 8/10 of the questions on a quiz correct. Aiden got an equivalent fraction of the questions correct. Which of the fractions below could be the fraction Aiden got correct.
A. 4/5 B. 2/10 C. 16/20 D. 1/5
A. 4/5
Mrs. Shouse's class tracked the rainfall and put the amount it rained on a chart. Which day did it rain the LEAST?
Thursday: 1/3
Friday: 1/8
Saturday: 2/5
Sunday: 4/12
Friday
Which number sentence below shows 5/8 as the sum of its unit fractions?
A. 3/8 + 1/8 B. 1/8 + 1/8
C. 3/8 + 3/8 D. 1/8 +1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8
D. 1/8 +1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8
Jane is making muffins. She needs 1/3 of a cup of blueberries for each batch. She is making 4 batches of muffins. How many cups of blueberries will she need?
A. 1 1/3 B. 2 4/3 C. 12/3 D. 4 1/3
A. 1 1/3
Wendy has completed 4/10 of her paper route before school and 35/100 of her paper route after school. How much of her paper route did she complete in all?
A. 75/100 B. 39/100 C. 39/10 D. 75/10
A. 75/100
Mark wants to give his friend 1/4 of a pizza, but he cut the pizza into more than 4 pieces. Which fraction below is NOT equivalent to 1/4?
A. 3/12 B. 4/16 C. 4/8 D. 2/8
C. 4/8
Ali ran 2 1/3 of a mile yesterday. Today she ran more. Which of the distances below could be the amount she ran?
A. 1 1/3 miles B. 2 1/4 miles
C. 2 1/2 miles D. 2 2/8 miles
C. 2 1/2 miles
Martha left 5/6 of a liter of water out in the sun. When she checked on the water some had evaporated and there was only 2/6 of a liter left. How much of a liter of water evaporated?
3/6 or 1/2
Kate is making bows. For each bow she needs 5 pieces of ribbon that are 3/4 of a meter long. How many meters of ribbon does she need for each bow?
A. 5 1/4 B. 3 3/4 C. 5/4 D. 4 1/4
B. 3 3/4
This year 9/10 of the fourth graders at Sequoia Union did a science fair project. What fraction is equivalent to 9/10?
A. 9/100 B. 900/100 C. 90/100 D. 90/10
C. 90/100
The 4th graders grew bean sunflower plants and recorded the fraction of an inch they grew. Which students plants grew an equivalent amount?
Ben: 2/4
Jess: 2/3
Lisa: 6/9
Keith 3/9
Jess and Lisa
Mrs. De La Torre's class measured the distance that her students lived from the school and wrote it down. Who lives the furthest from school?
Noah:3/4
Connor: 1/10
Camille: 2/3
Jolene: 5/8
Noah
Mrs. Sanchez assigned 3/8 of a page of math for homework. Then she assigned 2/8 of the same page in class. What fraction of the page has she assigned in all?
5/8
Ethan worked on a project and did 1/8 of the project each night for 5 nights. How much of the project did he complete?
5/8
Yesterday Mrs. Green's class recycled 2/10 of a kilogram of paper. Today they recycled 9/100 of a kilogram of paper. How much paper did they recycle in all?
29/100
Ms. De La Torre bought two pizzas that are the same size. She cut one pizza into 4 equal slices and gave two to Aubrey. She cut the other pizza into a different number of equal slices and gave the same amount to Alex. What is one possible fraction of the pizza she gave to Alex?
Anything equivalent to 1/2
The fourth graders had a bubble blowing contest. The diameter of Sam's bubble was 3/4 of a meter and the diameter of Kate's bubble was 2/3 of a meter. Who blew the largest bubble. Explain your answer.
Sam's bubble was bigger.
Mrs. Sammy combined two bags of bird seed and it weighed 3 5/6 pounds. The original bags of bird seed each weighed a different amount. Name the possible weights of the original bags of bird seen that when combined they weigh 3 5/6.
Answers will vary (needs to add up to 3 5/6
On a field trip, the 4th graders hiked on a path around Bravo Lake 8 times. The path around Bravo lake is 3/5 of a mile. What distance did the 4th graders hike in all?
4 4/5 or 24/5
The class is growing a sunflower in Ag. Last week it grew 5/10 of a meter and this week it grew 29/100 of a meter. How much did it grow in all?
79/100