Practice finding equivalent fractions by splitting wholes into equal parts, using models, and multiplying or dividing the numerator and denominator by the same number.
Read each problem carefully. Show your work in the space provided. Use equal parts to explain why the fractions are equivalent.
Use equal parts to name fractions with the same value
Math - Grade 4-5
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A rectangle is divided into 2 equal parts, and 1 part is shaded. If each part is split into 2 equal smaller parts, what fraction of the rectangle is shaded now?
- 2
Fill in the blank to make the fractions equivalent: 1/3 = ___/6.
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Fill in the blank to make the fractions equivalent: 2/5 = ___/10.
- 4
A fraction strip shows 3/4 shaded. If each fourth is split into 2 equal parts, what equivalent fraction has a denominator of 8?
- 5
Are 2/3 and 4/6 equivalent fractions? Explain your answer.
- 6
Write an equivalent fraction for 3/5 with a denominator of 15.
- 7
A circle is divided into 6 equal slices, and 2 slices are shaded. What simpler fraction names the same shaded part?
- 8
Fill in the blank to make the fractions equivalent: 4/8 = ___/2.
- 9
Mia shaded 5 out of 10 equal squares in a grid. Leo shaded 1 out of 2 equal parts in a matching rectangle. Did they shade the same amount? Explain.
- 10
Find the missing denominator: 3/4 = 9/___ .
- 11
Which fraction is equivalent to 2/4: 1/4, 1/2, or 3/4? Explain how you know.
- 12
A number line from 0 to 1 is divided into 3 equal parts. The point at 1/3 is marked. If the same number line is divided into 6 equal parts, what fraction is at the same point?
- 13
Write two fractions that are equivalent to 1/4.
- 14
Simplify the fraction 6/12 by finding an equivalent fraction with smaller numbers.
- 15
Jamal says 2/6 is equivalent to 1/3 because both fractions can show the same amount of a whole. Draw or describe equal parts to prove he is correct.