Fractions basics
Fractions - Area Models and Number Lines
Fractions on a Number line
Comparing Fractions
100
What is the numerator of the following fraction:
3/5
3
100
Are the two area models equivalent?
No
100
Look at Mrs. Surmon's number line example. Levi is walking on a line that is painted on the sidewalk. It takes Levi 8 equal-sized steps to get from one end of the line to the other. After Levi has taken 5 steps, what fraction of the line is behind him? What fraction of the line is till in front of him?
5/8, 3/8.
100
Which fraction is larger?
1/5 , 1/4
1/4
200
What is the denominator of the following fraction:
6/9
9
200
Are the two area models equivalent?
Yes
200
Look at Mrs. Surmon's number line example. Fill in the missing fractions.
2/8, 3/8, 6/8
200
Which fraction is smaller?
2/8 , 3/8
2/8
300
What fraction is missing from the number line?
2/5
300
Write two fractions for the point on the number line below:
1/2, 2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10, etc...
300
Name two fractions that are equivalent to
3/5
6/10, 9/15, 12/20, 15/25, 30/50, 300/500, etc...
300
Which fraction is smaller:
4/5 , 2/3, 1/2
1/2
400
A candy bar is broken into 8 equal pieces. What is the fraction for the size of the unit fraction?
1/8
400
Andrea ordered a cake and said she would cut it into eighths to share with her friends. Below is a picture of what the slices of that cake look like. Did she cut the cake into eighths? How do you know?
No, because the pieces are not equal sized pieces.
400
Brandon puts olives on 3/6 of a pizza. He puts pepperoni on 4/6 of a pizza. What fraction of the pizza did not have olives? What fraction of the pizza did not have pepperoni?
3/6 did not have olives; 2/6 did not have pepperoni
400
Compare these fractions using < , > , =
4/6 , 3/4
4/6 < 3/4
500
What fraction is missing from the number line?
7/8
500
Write two fractions for the point on the number line below:
2/7, 4/14, 6/21, 8/28, etc...
500
Ms. McNeil has a candy bar but cuts it into sixths and has 3 pieces with her lunch. Mr. Matt has a candy bar that is the same size cut into eighths, and he has 4 pieces with his lunch. Who eats more of their candy bar?
They both eat the same amount.
500
Marsha ran 7/8 of a mile. Joanne ran 5/6 of a mile. How ran farther?
Marsha ran farther.