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FRACTIONS
Lessons on fractions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What do you call fractons that have the same value but different names? | Equivalent fractions |
| When two fractions do not have the same denominator, what should you find before adding or subtracting? | Least Common Multiple |
| When the denominators are the same, the fraction with the __________ numerator is the larger fraction. | larger |
| When the numerators are the same, the fraction with the ___________ denominator is the same. | smaller |
| What is the sum of 3/4 + 1/4? | 4/4 or 1 |
| What is the difference of 6/8 - 3/8? | 3/8 |
| What is a fraction with a larger numerator than the denominator called? | Improper fraction |
| What is the mixed number for the improper fraction 13/10? | 1 3/10 |
| What are the equivalent fractions for 1/2 + 1/3? | 3/6 + 2/6 |
| What is the sum of 1/3 + 3/4? | 1 1/12 |
| Larry bought 2/3 pound of red potatoes and 3/4 pound of golden potatoes. How many pounds of potatoes did he buy in all? | 1 5/12 |
| Will drank 3/4 of a cup of milk at breakfast and 5/6 of a cup of milk at lunch. How much milk did he drink in total? | 1 7/12 |
| A recipe called for 4/5 cup of brown sugar and 1/2 cup of white sugar. How much more brown sugar than white sugar did the recipe need? | 3/10 |
| Jon bought 1 2/3 pounds of green peppers and 3/5 pound of yellow peppers. How much more did the green peppers wiegh than the yellow peppers? | 1 1/15 |
| You received 1/3 pound of candy from your grandmother, 1/2 pound of candy from your sister, but your best friend ate 1/5 pound of candy. How much candy do you have left? | 19/30 |
| What is the common denominator of 3/6 and 2/8? | 24 |
| What is the LCM of 3/12 and 1/4? | 12 |
| Evan bought 2 5/9 pounds of lemon, and used 1/ 4/5 pounds of them to make lemonade. How much lemon remains? | 1 34/45 |
| Martha bought 20 5/6 yards of fabric to make curtains. She only used 16 7/9 yards of the fabric. How much fabric remained? | 4 1/18 |
| List the following fractions in order from least to greatest: 2/5, 1/5, 6/5, and 3/5 | 1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 6/5 |
| Which fraction is the smallest? 5/9, 5/2, 5/4 | 5/9 |
| Compare the following fractions with a >, <, or =. 6/7 ___ 3/4 | > |
| True of False. One way to compare fractions is to find equivalent fractions. | true |
| List the following fractions in order from greatest to least. 1/7, 1/2, 1/5, and 1/4 | 1/2, 1/4, 1/5, 1/7 |
| What is the LCD for 2/3 and 1/9. | 9 |