Word Problems
Tyler walked 2/4 of a mile. Allie walked 3/4 of a mile. Who walked the furthest distance?
Allie walked farther. 3/4 is larger than 2/4, so Allie walked further than Tyler.
Find an equivalent fraction for 3/6.
1/2, 2/4, 4/8, 5/10, 6/12, etc.
1/2 ______ 4/6
1/2 < 4/7
4/6 is greater than 1/2
1/4
Find an equivalent fraction for 4/6.
2/3, 8/12
4/8 _____ 5/12
4/8 > 5/12
4/8 is greater than 5/12
Gannon wants to split his pizza among 6 people including himself. What fraction of the pizza should each person get?
1/6
Find an equivalent fraction for 2/12.
1/6
5/6 _____ 6/8
5/6 > 6/8
5/6 is greater than 6/8
Kayleigh folded a piece of paper into 3 equal parts. If she wants to label each of the three parts, what would the unit fraction be?
1/3
Find an equivalent fraction for 4/12.
1/3
1/2 _____ 2/3
1/2 < 2/3
1/2 is less than 2/3
Mrs. Lyons graded papers for 2/4 of an hour. Then she went outside with Joshua for 1/2 of an hour. Did she spend more, less, or an equal amount of time grading papers and playing outside?
She spent the same amount of time because 2/4 and 1/2 are equivalent fractions.
Find an equivalent fraction for 2/3.
4/6, 6/9, 8/12
1/2 ____ 6/12
1/2 = 6/12
1/2 is equal to 6/12