Fractions

Vocabulary

100

What is a number that names part of a whole? 

Fraction 

200

What part of the fraction tells us how many equal parts are being counted? (What is the math term?)

Numerator

300

What do we call fractions that have a one in the numerator?

Unit fractions

400

What part of the fraction tells us how many equal parts there are in all? (math term)

Denominator

500

What is the term for 16 equal parts?

Sixteenths 

Fraction Shapes

100

Draw a shape that has 6 equal parts. Shade in one of the parts and write the fraction to match it. 

1/6

200

Draw a shape that has 8 equal parts. Shade in two of them and write the fraction to match. 

2/8

300

Draw a shape that has 5 equal parts. Shade in 3 of them. Write the fraction to match. 

3/5

400

Draw three examples of shapes that show thirds. 

Each shape should have three equal parts

500

Noah bakes a pie and cuts 6 equal slices. His sister eats 2 slices. Draw the shape and color in the pieces to show how many slices his sister ate and write the fraction to match. 

color in 2 out of 6 slices; 2/6 

Word Problems

100

Christian divides a circle into nine equal parts. What do we call each part?

1/9 or ninths 

200

Four brothers work together to mow 3 equal sized fields. Each brother mows the same amount. How much does each brother mow? 

3/4

300

A store sold 6 fruit trees. Five of the trees were apple trees. What fraction of the trees were apple trees?

5/6

400

Reuben put 15 vegetables on his tray. If 1/5 of the vegetables were carrots, how many carrots were on his tray?

3

500

Hannah baked a pan of brownies for her family. She cut the brownies into equal pieces. At the end of the day, there were 2 brownies left. If Hannah tells you that these 2 brownies represent 1/6 of the pan, how many pieces were in the whole pan?

the denominator is 6. So draw 6 circles/groups. Since 2 pieces represents 1 out of 6 (1/6), put two counters/dots in each group. Count up how many dots you have total OR multiply 6 (groups) x 2 (dots).

You should get an answer of 12. 

Misc.

100

Draw a number line that shows fourths. Shade in 2 of the fourths. Write the fraction to match.

2/4 or 1/2

200

Draw 4 circles and split each one into thirds. Color in all the thirds. 

True or False: 12/4 is a fraction that matches this picture. 

False. Fractions that match are 12/3 or 4 wholes. 

300

Carly uses 16 beads to make a necklace. One fourth of the beads are purple. How many beads are purple. 

4

400

Draw three circles and split each one into halves. Color in all the halves. Write a fraction greater than 1 that names the parts that are colored in. 

6/2

500

Caleb ran around the park loop that was 1/3 mile long. He ran around the loop 9 times. Caleb says he ran 9/3 miles. His sister says that he ran 3 whole miles. Who is correct? Explain how you know. 

Both are correct. The distance is 1/3, so 9 times around would be 9/3. If we draw circles to show that, we would draw 3 circles and split each circle into 3 parts. There would be 9 parts total and all would be colored in, so we would also see that 9/3 = 3 wholes.