Intro to Fractions!

Comparing Fractions/ Fraction Landmarks

100

Replace the blank with < , > , or = 1/4 ____ 5/6

1/4 < 5/6

200

Write these fractions in order from least to greatest: 1/7, 1/10, 1/3, 1/2

1/10, 1/7, 1/3, 1/2

300

Replace the blank with <, >, or = 5/7 ___ 8/9

5/7 < 8/9

400

Order from greatest to least.   2/5  1/4  3/7  3/4

3/4  3/7   2/5  1/4

500

Write these fractions in order from least to greatest: 11/12, 9/10, 4/7, 5/3

4/7   9/10   11/12  5/3

Fractions are division.

100

There are 6 classrooms that have to share 5 boxes of donuts. How much does each classroom get?

5/6 of a box

200

The runner completed 7 miles in 63 minutes. How many minutes did it take to run one mile?

63/7 = 9 minutes for one mile

300

There are 54 sections in the ballpark. 9 of the sections are painted blue, 9 are painted red, and the rest are painted green. What fraction of the sections are painted blue and red?

18/54 or 2/6 or 1/3

400

There are 37 kids in a class. They go to 5 different specials. If they have to go in equal groups, how many more kids need to be added to the classroom? 

37/5 = 7 2/5 There are 2 kids left over so you need to add another 3 kids to make 40/5.

500

The school cafeteria makes 120 lunches. 5/6 of the lunches get eaten. How many left over lunches are there? 

120/6 = 20  so 5 x 20=100 lunches eaten so 20 lunches left over.

Equivalent Fractions

100

Write two fractions that are equivalent to one half

2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10, etc. Lots of answers!

200

1/3 = __ / 27

9

300

Write 2 fractions equivalent to  3/5

6/10  9/15   12/20 etc

400

13/ 24 =  52 / __

96

500

23 / 18 = 161 / ___

126

Fraction Word Problems

100

Paula ate 1/2 of a 16-piece cake, and Catherine ate 1/3 of a cake the same size as Paula's. Who ate more cake?

Paula

200

Ricky read 2/4 of a 100 page book. How many pages did he read?

50 pages

300

Ms. K gave away 2/5 of her pizza to Mr. Bacon and 1/5 of her pizza to Mrs. Baer. What fraction of her pizza does Ms. K have left?

2/5

400

Robert made two pizzas: pepperoni and cheese. He cut the pepperoni into 10 slices and the cheese pizza into 8 slices. He ate half of the pepperoni and a fourth of the cheese pizza. How many SLICES did he eat in all?

7 slices

500

At a school, they were making a new playground. They made half the playground grass and half of it blacktop. Half of the blacktop was basketball courts. What fraction of the whole playground was basketball courts?

1/4

Fractions, Decimals, Percents

100

What is 9/10 as a decimal?

.9

200

What is 7/10 as a percent?

70%

300

What is .42 as a fraction? What is an equivalent or simplified fraction?

1.  42/100   2.  21/50  or 84/200 or others

400

What is 3/5 as a percent?

3/5 = 60/100 = 60%

500

What is 3/8 as a decimal? Round to the nearest hundredth.

.38  (.375 rounded to the nearest hundredth)