Practice recognizing, creating, and comparing equivalent fractions using models, multiplication, and division.
Read each problem carefully. Show your work in the space provided.
Finding and comparing fractions with the same value
Math - Grade 4-5
- 1
Write a fraction that is equivalent to 1/2 by multiplying the numerator and denominator by 2.
- 2
Write a fraction that is equivalent to 3/4 by multiplying the numerator and denominator by 2.
- 3
Fill in the blank: 2/3 = __/6
- 4
Fill in the blank: 5/8 = __/16
- 5
Are 2/6 and 1/3 equivalent fractions? Explain how you know.
- 6
Are 3/5 and 6/10 equivalent fractions? Explain how you know.
- 7
Circle the fraction that is equivalent to 4/8: 1/2, 2/3, 3/8
- 8
Circle all fractions that are equivalent to 2/5: 4/10, 6/15, 8/20, 3/5
- 9
Complete the pattern: 1/4, 2/8, 3/12, __/16
- 10
A rectangle is divided into 6 equal parts, and 3 parts are shaded. Write the shaded fraction and an equivalent fraction in simplest form.
- 11
Fill in the blank: 7/9 = 14/__
- 12
Write two different fractions that are equivalent to 2/7.
- 13
Which fraction is equivalent to 3/6: 1/2, 2/3, or 5/6? Explain your choice.
- 14
Fill in the blank: __/12 = 1/3
- 15
Explain why multiplying or dividing the numerator and denominator by the same nonzero number makes an equivalent fraction.