Vocabulary
Word Problems
Simplifying Fractions
Dividing Fractions
Multiplying Fractions
100

The number on the bottom of the fraction

What is the denominator?

100

There are 32 students in Lin’s fifth grade class. 1/4 of the class wears glasses. How many students year glasses?

8 students

100
Write this fraction in simplest form. 2/4
What is 1/2.
100

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?

Each person will get 1/8 of the 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

Tom spent 1/6 of the day working in the flower bed. Tom spent 2/3 of that time adding mulch. What fraction of the day did Tom spend adding mulch?

1/9 of his day.

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
400

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 2/3 pounds. How many pounds of pineapple did she buy?

He bought 2 pounds of pineapple.

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

2 4/9

500

The amount being split up

What is dividend?

500

DAILY DOUBLE!  Anita grew a garden with 3/4 of the area for vegetables. In the vegetable section, 1/6 of the area is carrots. What fraction of the total garden is carrots?

1/8 of the garden

500
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 2 7/8