Ordering Fractions
Place the following list of fractions in order from least to greatest:
1/4, 2/3, 1/5, 1/8
1/8, 1/5, 1/4, 2/3
123 + 456 = ?
579
239 times 9?
Write 0.97 as a fraction
97/100
or
9/10 + 7/100 = 970/1000
2, 4, 8, 16, 32, __?
64
Place the following list of fractions in order from least to greatest:
1/10, 1/9, 7/8, 2/3
1/10, 1/9, 2/3, 7/8
792 + 321 = ?
1113
19 divided by 4?
4 remainder 3
0.47 + 0.31 + 0.42?
0.47 + 0.31 = 0.78
0.42 + 0.78 = 1.2
Give the next number in the sequence:
1, 2, 4, 7, 11, __?
Place the following list of fractions in order from least to greatest (If fractions are equivalent they can be in either order as long as they are next to each other)
1/2, 3/6, 3/8, 4/3, 12/6
3/8, 1/2, 3/6, 4/3, 12/6
Or
3/8, 3/6, 1/2, 4/3, 12/6
Sabrina, Zoe and Adrian have 129 cookies. How many cookies do they need to eat to have 43 left?
129 - ___ = 43
129 - 43 = 86
There are 105 kids and adults trying to go on a field trip. Each bus holds 10 people. How many buses do we need to get everyone on a bus?
11
7/8 + 3/4 = ?
28/32 + 24/32 = 52/32
or
7/8 + 6/8 = 13/8
Give the next number in the sequence:
1, 4, 13, 40, __?
121
Place the following list of fractions in order from least to greatest
5/8, 2/8, 4/3, 9/4, 9/8
2/8, 5/8, 9/8, 4/3, 9/4
Mr. Daniel and Mrs. Quincy are baking cookies for a Program Leader Party. Between the two of them, they are supposed to bring 50 cookies. Mrs. Quincy said she will make at least 15 cookies and at most 40. What are largest and smallest number of cookies Mr. Daniel needs to bake to make sure there are enough?
At most: 35
At least: 10
Mr. Daniel has a 129 cookies and is trying to distribute them evenly between 20 students. How many cookies will he have left over?
9
Write as a decimal:
14/100 + 2/10 + 13/10?
= 0.14 + 0.2 + 1.3
= 1.5 + 0.14
= 1.64
Give the next number in the sequence:
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, __?
21! This happens to be the very famous Fibonacci sequence found everywhere in nature!
Place the following list of fractions in order from least to greatest
17/8, 9/4, 7/3, 21/10
21/10, 17/8, 9/4, 7/3
Karen and Junior are trying to make sure that there are exactly 51 marbles in their marble jar. They know there are at most 50 marbles and at least 31. What are the largest and smallest number of marbles they might need to achieve their goal.
At least: 1
At most: 20
If Mr. Daniel makes 18 dollars an hour, 8 hours a day, and he works 5 days a week for 6 weeks. How much money does Mr. Daniel make?
not enough
18 * 8 * 5 * 6 = 4320
Write as a decimal:
9/10 + 7/100 + 3/10000.9 + 0.07 + 0.003
= 0.9 + 0.07 + 0.003
= 0.973
HAILSTONES (This is a very challenging problem, there will be an extra special prize for solving this):
7, 22, 11, 34, 17, 52, 26, __?
This is the famous hailstone sequence. If the number is odd we multiply it by 3 and add 1. If the number is even we divide by 2. The answer is:
13