DECOMPOSING FRACTIONS
WRITE AN EQUATION TO SHOW 5/9 AS THE SUM OF UNIT FRACTIONS.
1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 = 5/9
ADDIE AND BRITNEY BOTH JOG TO STAY IN SHAPE. ON SATURDAY, ALLIE RAN 1/6 OF A MILE MORE THAN BRITNEY. BRITNEY RAN 3/6 OF A MILE. HOW FAR DID ADDIE RUN?
GIVE THE NUMBER SENTENCE AND ANSWER.
NUMBER SENTENCE: 1/6 + 3/6 = M
ANSWER: 4/6 OF A MILE
1 5/12 + 2 4/12 =
ANSWER: 3 9/12
6/4 - 2/4 =
ANSWER: 4/4 OR 1
HOW MANY LINES OF SYMMETRY DOES A SQUARE HAVE?
ANSWER: 2 LINES OF SYMMETRY
WRITE AN EQUATION TO SHOW 4/10 AS THE SUM OF UNIT FRACTIONS.
1/10 + 1/10 + 1/10 + 1/10 = 4/10
BEN BUYS FRUIT AT KROGER. IF HE BUYS 2 1/4 POUNDS OF ORANGES AND 1 AND 2/4 POUNDS OF BANANAS, HOW MANY POUNDS OF FRUIT DOES HE BUY IN ALL?
GIVE THE NUMBER MODEL AND ANSWER.
NUMBER MODEL: 2 1/4 + 1 2/4 = F
ANSWER: 3 3/4 POUNDS
2 3/6 + 4 3/6 =
ANSWER: 6 6/6 OR 7
6 3/5 - 3 2/5 =
ANSWER: 3 1/5
HERE IS SOME DATA FOR MY LINE PLOT: (everything is in inches)
4 1/2, 3 1/2, 4, 3 1/2, 2, 3, 4, 3 1/2, 3, 4 1/2
WHAT IS THE TALLEST HEIGHT FROM THE DATA?
DECOMPOSE 1 4/12.
1 + 4/12 = 1 4/12
OR
12/12 + 2/12 + 2/12 = 16/12 --> 1 4/12
OR
12/12 + 1/12 + 1/12 + 1/12 + 1/12 = 1 4/12
NICK HAD TO WRITE TWO ESSAYS THIS WEEK. FOR ENGLISH CLASS, HE WROTE 6 7/10 PAGES. FOR HISTORY CLASS, HE WROTE 1 9/10 PAGES. HOW MANY MORE PAGES DID NICK WRITE FOR ENGLISH CLASS THAN HISTORY CLASS?
GIVE NUMBER MODEL AND ANSWER.
NUMBER MODEL: 6 7/10 - 1 9/10 = P
ANSWER: 4 8/10 PAGES
7 1/4 + 3 2/4 =
8/100 + 4/10 =
ANSWER: 48/100
2 /10 + 44/100 =
DECOMPOSE 2 2/3
2 + 2/3 = 2 2/3
1 + 1 + 2/3 = 2 2/3
3/3 + 3/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 =8/3
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO MIXED NUMBERS --> 3 1/2 - 1 1/2?
ANSWER: 2
4 2/5 - 1 3/5 =
ANSWER: 2 4/5
5/10 - 30/100 =
ANSWER: 20/100
ANSWER: 1 LINE OF SYMMETRY
HERE IS AN IMPROPER FRACTION: 18/4. WHAT IS THE ORIGINAL OR MIXED NUMBER?
MIXED NUMBER: 4 2/4
THREE GIRLS EACH WANT TO BUY A CHEMISTRY SET AND LAB COAT. TOGETHER THEY HAVE $95. IF EACH CHEMISTRY SET COSTS $17 AND EACH LAB COAT GLASS COST $12, HOW MUCH MONEY WILL THE GIRLS HAVE LEFT OVER AFTER THEY PURCHASE ALL OF THE ITEMS?
ANSWER: 8
95 - (17 + 12) X 3 =
6 5/10 + 2 3/100 =
ANSWER: 8 53/100
WHAT IS THIS MIXED NUMBER AS A DECIMAL?
6 3/10
ANSWER: 6.3
JAMAL AND MARCIA HAVE BLOCKS. JAMAL HAS 350 BLOCKS, WHICH IS 7 TIMES MORE THAN MARCIA HAS. HOW MANY BLOCKS DOES MARCIA HAVE?
ANSWER: 50 BLOCKS