Simplifying Fractions
What is the simplest form of 8/16?
1/2
1/4 = ?/20
5
What is a fraction equivalent to 2/3?
4/6 or 6/9 or 8/12
Which fractions is smaller?
3/10 or 5/10
3/10
Kristen baked 36 muffins. Some were banana-nut, and some were blueberry. She baked 6 more banana-nut muffins than blueberry muffins. How many of each kind of muffin did Kristin bake?
Kristen baked 15 blueberry muffins and 21 banana-nut muffins
What is the simplest form of 4/6?
2/3
2/3= ?/15
10
What is a fraction equivalent to 1/4?
2/8 or 3/12 or 4/16
Which fractions is greater?
4/9 or 4/5
4/5
Grandma baked 48 cookies. She gave half to her neighbor. Then she gave half of what was left to our family. How many cookies does Grandma have now?
12 cookies
What is the simplest form of 5/15?
1/3
8/16 = ?/2
1
What is a fraction equivalent to 1/6?
2/12 or 3/18
Which fraction is smaller,
4/9 or 2/3?
4/9
A product of two numbers is between 50 and 60. One number is 3 more than the other number. The total of two numbers are 15. What are the numbers and their product?
The numbers are 6 and 9 and the product is 54.
What is the simplest form of 25/30?
5/6
8/24 = 1/?
3
What is a fraction equivalent to 3/5?
6/10 or 9/15 or 15/25
Arrange 4/9, 7/9 and 2/9 in order. Begin with the greatest fraction
7/9 , 4/9 , 2/9
There are 10 animals on a farm. Some of the animals have 2 legs and some have 4 legs. There are 24 legs altogether. How many animals on the farm have 4 legs?
2
What is the simplest form of 40/64?
5/8
3/8 = ?/32
12
Which of these fractions is not equivalent to the other fractions?
6/10 8/15 12/20 3/5
8/15
Arrange 2/3, 1/6 and 5/12 in order. Begin with the smallest fraction.
1/6 , 5/12 , 2/3
6 5 8 2
Make 4 digit smallest number and 4 digit greatest number.
subtract the smallest number from the greatest number
8652 - 2568 = 6084