Ordering Fractions
Order from least to greatest.
1/4, 4/4, 3/4
1/4, 3/4, 4/4
Jamie has 12 cupcakes. 3 have sprinkles on them. What fraction of cupcakes have sprinkles on them?
Hint: Your answer has to be in its simplest form.
1/4
1/4= ?/8
2
A fraction represents part of a __________________.
Whole
Draw a square with 8 equal parts. Then, shade in 5 pieces of the square.
What fraction of the square is shaded?
5/8
Order from least to greatest.
6/10, 7/10, 1/10
1/10, 6/10, 7/10
You have 9 markers. 3 of them are red. What fraction represents the number of red markers?
1/3
3/9=?/36
12
A fraction must have _________________ parts.
equal
Which whole number is equal to 18/3?
A. 5
B. 4
C. 6
C. 6
Order from greatest to least.
1/5, 4/5, 1
1, 4/5, 1/5
Maria has to draw a circle and divide it into 8 equal parts. Here is what she drew. Is Maria's picture correct? Why or why not?
*CIRCLE IS ON THE BOARD*
No, Maria's picture is incorrect. A fraction must have equal parts.
4/8=1/?
2
The _____________________ tells the total number of equal parts the whole is divided in to.
denominator
Joe ate a whole box of chocolates, so that means he ate ?/12 of the chocolates.
12
What fraction is the greatest?
A. 5/10
B. 8/10
D. 2/10
8/10
You bake 8 cookies. You then eat 4 of them. Then, your friend comes over and you share them with him, but he eats less than you. What fraction of the cookies could your friend have eaten?
1/8, 2/8 (1/4), or 3/8
?/16=1/4
4
The _________________________ tells the part(s) of whole being considered (shaded).
numerator
Caroline and Clark ate apples from an apple tree. Caroline ate 6/14 of the apples from the tree. Clark ate 5/14 of the apples. Which statement is true?
A. Caroline ate less than Clark.
B. Clark ate more than Caroline.
C. Caroline ate more than Clark.
D. Caroline and Clark ate the same amount.
C. Caroline ate more than Clark.
6/12 is __________________________ 1/2.
equal to
Jay cuts a cake into 10 pieces. Rachel eats 6 pieces. What fraction of the brownies did Rachel eat?
What fraction of the brownies is left?
6/10= 3/5
4/10=2/5
1/8=?/72
9
When simplifying a fraction, the largest number that you can evenly divide into both numbers is called the ______________ ___________________ ______________.
greatest common factor
Write a fraction that is greater than 5/7 with a denominator of 7.
Draw a model of EACH fraction
6/7 or 7/7