Fractions
What do you call the top and the bottom of a fraction?
Numerator & Denominator
When you see a . in a decimal, what word do you say?
And
On your whiteboards, represent the answer in both a mixed number and an improper fraction.
Two brothers go to lunch and share three pizzas equally. How much pizza does each brother get?
1 1/2 or 3/2
Fill in the blank with >, <, or =.
1/2 _____ 1/4
>
Order the fractions below from smallest to largest.
4/10, 2/10, 8/10, 9/10, 11/10
2/10, 4/10, 8/10, 9/10, 11/10
On your whiteboards, write 2 equivalent fractions to 3/7.
6/14, 9/21, 12/28, 15/35, 18/42, etc.
Correctly read this decimal: 0.72
Seventy two hundredths
On your whiteboards, represent the answer in proper fraction form.
Six hikers share 4 pounds of trail mix equally. How many pounds of trail mix does each hiker get?
4/6 or 2/3 of a bag.
Fill in the blank with >, <, or =.
0.75 _____ 0.42
>
Order the decimals below from largest to smallest.
0.09, 0.4, 1.27, 3.00, 0.52
3.00, 1.27, 0.52, 0.4, 0.09
If a fraction circle is broken up into 17 parts, and 3 parts are shaded, what fraction would represent this?
3/17
Correctly read this decimal: 0.09
Nine hundredths
On your whiteboards, represent the answer as a mixed number and as an improper fraction.
Four campers share 7 yards of blue string equally to make bracelets. How much string does each camper get?
1 3/4 or 7/4.
On a number line, how do you determine what the denominator will be in a fraction?
You count how many 'hops' or 'spaces' there are between 0 and 1, and that number becomes your denominator.
Matthew and Noah are reading the book the LA teacher assigned to the class. Matthew read 4/6 of it, and Noah read 5/12. Who read more? Use common denominators to prove your answer.
The common denominator is 12. I multiplied the numerator and the denominator by 2 to find an equivalent fraction, which gave me 8/12 which is greater than 5/12. Matthew read more because 8/12 > 5/12.
Write an equivalent fraction to 9/21, using the rule divide by 3.
3/7
Correctly read this decimal: 7.81
Seven and eighty one hundredths
On your whiteboards, represent the answer in both a mixed number and an improper fraction.
Miss Marovitz and her 4 friends went on a trip over the summer. They brought 8 containers of sunscreen. If they split it evenly, how much sunscreen did each person use?
1 3/5 or 8/5
Fill in the blank with >, <, or =. Write both fractions with common denominators.
3/7 _____ 4/9
<
27/63 & 28/63
Represent 2.76 with base 10 blocks.
2 flats, 7 tens, 6 ones
What is the difference between a proper fraction, an improper fraction, and a mixed number? Write an example of each and provide an explanation for what each is.
A proper fraction: 2/3 - the numerator is smaller than the denominator.
An improper fraction: 3/2 - the numerator is larger than the denominator.
A mixed number: 1 1/2 - there is a whole number, and a proper fraction.
Write this decimal in number form:
Thirty-five and eight hundredths
35.08
On your whiteboards, represent the answer in both a mixed number and an improper fraction.
4 soccer players brought 14 gallons of water to a tournament. If the players shared the water evenly, how many gallons of water did each player get?
3 2/4 or 3 1/2 or 14/4
Draw a number line broken into 10ths, and clearly represent where 8/10 is. Label 0 and 1, and draw tick marks for each interval on the number line.
Look at whiteboard to determine correct number line.
If the decimal was 0.82, what would be the lowest and the highest value on a number line with 10 intervals?
0.80 and 0.90