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What is a fraction equivalent to 1/2 ?

2/4, 3/6, 4/8, etc

100

Nathaniel ate one third of a cookie. Niko ate what was left over. What fraction of the cookie did Niko get? 

Niko ate two thirds of the cookie. 

100

1/3  ___ 2/3

1/3 < 2/3

100
Draw and label a number line to show 7/3

 

100

Round 94 to the nearest ten. 

90

200

4/6 is equivalent to 2/__

2/3

200
William cut up a pizza into 8 equal pieces. He ate 4 pieces. Mia ate what was left over. What fraction of the pizza did Mia eat? 

Mia ate two fourths (or half) of the pizza. 

200

3/4 __ 1/4

3/4 > 1/4

200

Draw a model to show 4/1

4 wholes

200

7 x 8 = 

56

300

True or False: 2/8 = 1/4

True

300

I bought 12 flowers. 2 of them were red. 5 of them were yellow. 2 of them were pink and 3 were orange. What fraction of the flowers were red and pink? 

2/12 are red. 2/12 are pink. 

4/12 of the flowers are red and pink. 

300

2/3 __ 2/8

2/3 > 2/8

300

Draw a model to show 12/4

3 wholes (you must draw it)

300

Use Distributive Property to solve: 11 x 5

Multiple answers = 55

400

True or False: 6/1 and 6/6 are both equivalent to the whole number, 6. 

False. 6/1 = 6 wholes

6/6 = 1 whole

400

Write a fraction that is less than 1/4 that still has 1 in the numerator. Explain why this fraction is smaller. 

1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9 etc

400

5/6 __ 5/8

5/6 > 5/8

400

Micah has two pizzas. He cut them both into 6 equal slices. What fraction, greater than 1, will name all of the slices of pizza? 

Micah has 12/6 slices of pizza total. 

400

True or False: A quadrilateral is a polygon, but a polygon is not always a quadrilateral. 

True. 

500

6/8 is equivalent to __/40

30/40

500

Miss Bugg took her dog for a walk. They walked a path that was 1/3 of a mile long. They walked this path 9 times. How many miles total did they walk in all? 

Miss Bugg and her dog walked 3 miles total.

500

6/8 __ 2/3

6/8 > 2/3 

500

There are 3 cheesecakes. The chocolate one is cut into fourths. The regular is cut in half. The strawberry  cheesecake is cut into eighths. My family ate four slices of strawberry cheesecake and three slices of chocolate. How much total cheesecake did I eat? 

We ate 4/8 strawberry and 3/4 chocolate. Total my family ate one and a fourth of the cheesecakes. 

500

900 - 284 =

616