Vocabulary
Word Problems
Simplifying Fractions
Dividing Fractions
Multiplying Fractions
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The number on the bottom of the fraction

What is the denominator?

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2/3 of the students in Lin’s fifth grade class have short hair. 1/2 of the girls wear glasses. What fraction of Lin’s class are people with short hair who wear glasses?

What is 2/12 or 1/6?

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Write this fraction in simplest form. 2/4
What is 1/2.
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Divide the fractions. 1/3 ÷ 2/5

What is 5/6

100

Multiply the fractions. 1/4 x 5/6

What is 5/24

200

The number on the top of the fraction

What is the numerator?

200

You have 1/2 of a bag of pretzels and you want to share them equally among 4 people. How much of the bag does each person get?

What is 1/8 of a bag?

200
Write this fraction in simplest form. 3/9
What is 1/3
200

Divide the fractions. 4/5 ÷ 2

What is 2/5 or 4/10?

200
Multiply the fractions. 3/7 x 3/4
What is 9/28
300

Divisor

What is the number of groups?

300

A garden is in the shape of a rectangle feet long and 2 4/6 feet wide. What is the area of the garden?

What is 5 2/6 or 5 1/3?

300
Write this fraction in simplest form. 4/24
What is 1/6
300

Divide 6 ÷ 1/4

What is 24?

300
Multiply the fractions. 3/5 x 10
What is 6
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DAILY DOUBLE! The answer to a multiplication problem and the answer to a division problem

What are the product and the quotient?

400

Elena bought 3 pineapples that each weighed about 1 2/3 pounds. How many pounds of pineapple did she buy?

What is 5 pounds?

400
Write this fraction in simplest form. 9/27
What is 1/3
400

Divide 1/2 ÷ 8

What is 1/16

400

Multiply the fractions. 2/3 x 3 2/3

What is 10/3 or 3 1/3?

500

The amount being split up

What is dividend?

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DAILY DOUBLE!  Clare plays her favorite song 6 times on repeat while she gets ready for school in the morning. If the song is 3 9/10 minutes long, how long does it usually take Clare to get ready in the morning?

What is 23 4/10 or 23 2/5?

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Write this fraction in simplest form. 28/50
What is 14/25
500

Divide 2 ÷ 1/5

What is 10?

500

Multiply the fractions. 5 3/4 x 2/4

What is 16/4 or 4?