Fraction
Basics
Basics
What is the top number of a fraction?
Numerator
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What must we find to simplify fractions?
Common factors between the numerator and the denominator.
What must you find to have common denominators?
Common multiples of the two denominators
Draw a model of 3/4
How can I cut the model into 12 equal parts?
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What is the bottom of a fraction called?
Denominator
Write an equivalent fraction of 7/9
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Simplify 9/12
3/4
find the common denominators and write the two new fractions for 4/12 and 5/8
8/24 and 15/24
If there are water stations every eighth of a mile, where would the stations be?
1/8; 2/8; 3/8; 4/8; 5/8; 6/8; 7/8; 8/8
What are the factors of 12?
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12
1/2 ____ 7/12
Equivalent or not equivalent?
not equivalent
Simplify 5/6
not possible
What is the common denominator of 1/3 and 1/4
12
Ms. Groves has trays of paints for students in her art class. Each tray has 5 colors. One of the colors is purple. What fraction of the colors in 20 trays is purple?
20/100 or 1/5
What are the multiples of 6
6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36
4/12 ___ 1/3
equivalent or not equivalent?
Equivalent
is 3/5 the simplest form of 6/10?
yes
Find the common denominators and write the new fractions for 5/7 and 4/9
45/63 and 36/63
I can make a _________ to find __________ fractions to solve the problem
table
equivalent
Draw a model of 4/16
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Sophia's vegetable garden is divided into 12 equal sections. She plants carrots in 8 of the sections. Write TWO fractions that are equivalent to the part of Sophia's garden that is planted with carrots.
2/3; 4/6
At Jude Bloom, 9 of the 12 babies born on Tuesday were boys. In simplest form, what fraction of the babies were born on Tuesday were boys?
3/4
Mera painted equal sections of her bedroom wall to make a pattern. She painted 2/5 of the wall white and 1/2 of the wall lavender. Write new fractions with common denominators
4/10 and 5/10
4/12 ____4/6
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