EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS
What does the word equivalent mean?
equal
the same
What is any number divided by 1?
Itself
What is any number times 0?
What is zero
Which fraction is greater?
1/2 or 1/4?
1/2
What coin can represent 1/4th of a dollar?
*Hint: What coin takes 4 of them to equal a dollar?
What is a Quarter?
To make a fraction equivalent what is the first step of solving the problem?
Make your denominators the same!
What is 4 divided by 2?
2
What is 2 x 9?
What is 18
Which of these fractions is greater?
7/10 or 7/11?
7/11
What coin can represent 1/10th of a dollar?
What is a Dime?
Are the following fractions equivalent?
3/9 and 1/3
What is 16 divided by 4?
4
What is 3 x 12
What is 36
Beyonce ate 3 and 1/2 lemons. JAYZ at 3 and 2/6 lemons. Who ate more lemons?
Beyonce
What coin can represent 1/20th of a dollar?
What is a Nickel?
How many 1/4ths will I need to be equivalent to 2/8ths?
*Hint: what will i need to multiply or divide my denominators by to reach the same number?
2
What is 48 divided by 4
12
What is 5 x 25
What is 125?
Romeo read 1/2 a book on Thursday. Juliet read 2/8 of the same book on Thursday. Which person is further along in their reading?
Romeo
What coin can represent 1/100th of a dollar?
*Hint: They are the only copper/brown coin!
What is a Penny?
Which of the fractions below are equivalent to 3/7
6/14 7/14 9/14 9/21 12/28
*Hint: Find the number you multiply your denominator of 7 by to get the different denominators. Then ask yourself if the numerator of 3 is also being multiplied to get the new numerator
6/14
9/21
12/28
What is 144 divided by 12
12
What is 20 x 12
What is 240?
Put these fractions in order form least to greatest!
2/4 1/6 1/3 11/12
1/6 1/3 2/4 11/12
My local gas station charges $3.75 per gallon for gas.
What is $3.75 written in fraction form?
3 and 75/100
3 and 3/4