Comparing Fractions
Using the <, >, = symbol, compare 2/3 with 4/6
What is =?
Order the following fractions in decreasing order: 13/12, 7/12, 1/12, 12/12
What is 13/12, 12/12, 7/12, 1/12
Find the LCM of 3, 8, 12.
What is 24?
The one rule to follow when finding equivalent fractions.
What is multiplying the numerator and denominator by the same number.
Definition of a fraction
What is a part of a whole
Using the <,>,= symbol, compare 3/8 with 4/6
What is 3/8 < 4/6
7/8, 7/9, 7/12, 7/10
What is 7/12, 7/10, 7/9, 7/8?
List the three steps to adding or subtracting fractions with unlike denominators (in order).
What is:
1) find the LCM of the denominators
2) convert all denominators to the LCM
3) add or subtract the numerators
Three equivalent fractions for 1/3
What is 10/30, 2/6, 3/9 etc.
What is the top number of a fraction called?
Numerator
Using the <,>,= symbol, compare 6/10 with 4/9
What is 6/10 > 4/9?
Order the following fractions in decreasing order:
3/12, 6/24, 8/36
What is 6/24, 3/12, 8/36
2/6 + 5/10 =
What is 25/30?
True or false: 5/13 is an equivalent fraction for 50/130
What is true?
What is the bottom number of a fraction called?
Denominator
Using the <,>,= symbol, compare 7/8 with 15/16 and 23/24.
What is 23/24 > 15/16 > 7/8?
Order the following fractions in increasing order:
8/7, 1/3, 4/5
What is 1/3, 4/5, 8/7?
6/7 + 12/14 + 24/28 =
What is 72/28?
Miss Iuliani baked a batch of cookies and shared 3/10 with her neighbor. If she gave 15 cookies to her neighbor, how many cookies did she bake altogether?
What is 50 cookies total?
Definition of a simplified fraction. Give an example.
A fraction is simplified if the top and bottom numbers can not both be divided by the same number, without leaving a remainder.
Ex: 12/24 can be simplified to 1/2
Using the symbol <,>,= compare 1/100 and 1/50 with 1/25 and EXPLAIN your reasoning using math language.
1/25 > 1/50 > 1/100 because the bigger the whole is (denominator), the smaller the pieces of the whole are. So, 1/100 is much smaller than 1/25 of a whole.
Order the following fractions in decreasing order:
4/15, 7/10, 5/6, 2/3
15/35 - 2/7 =
reduce the fraction to the simplest form
What is 1/7?
Miss Paracholski is training for a track meet. She dedicates 2/7 of her workout to cardio. If she exercises for 49 minutes every day, how many minutes does she do cardio for?
What is 14 minutes total for cardio?
What is the definition of a mixed number? Give an example.
A whole number and a fraction
Ex) 1 1/4