Fractions
What is the top number of the fraction called?
Numerator
How many official planets are in our solar system?
Eight
What is 8 x 9?
72
How do you find the perimeter of a 2D shape?
You add up all the sides.
Who was the main character of the book, Stone Fox?
Little Willie
What is the bottom number of the fraction called?
Denominator
What is the name of the planet closest to the Sun?
Mercury
What is the equation for twice as many as 13?
13 x 2 = 26
How is the area figured for a shape?
You multiply the length times the width.
Why was Grandfather sick?
He hadn't paid taxes for a long time and was giving up.
What is the denominator if you are making a whole number into a fraction?
1 For example 3 = 3/1
Ancient people created stories about groups of stars in the night sky. What are these star groups called?
constellations
What is 3 x 3 x 3?
27
What is the area of a square with one side measuring 5 cm?
25 square centimeters
What happened when Searchlight died?
Stone Fox shot his gun and told all the teams to stop. Then, Little Willie carried Searchlight over the finish line.
What are two of the three ways you can show how two fractions are equivalent?
1. A number line
2. Fraction bars
3. Models
DAILY DOUBLE: Who gave the world the idea that the sun is the center of our solar system?
Copernicus
10 x 7 = 70
35 sq. ft and 24 ft
Who is the author of Stone Fox?
John Reynolds Gardiner
3/4 ______ 4/5
less than, greater than, or equal?
less than
What telescope orbits the solar system and sends back information?
the Hubble
What is 15 x 4?
60
Three rectangles have an area of 24 sq inches. One rectangle is 6 x 4. Another rectangle is 12 x 2. What are the dimensions (length and width) of the third rectangle
Either 24 x 1 or 3 x 8.
What was in the old, deserted barn?
Stone Fox and his 5 dogs