Math Grade 4-5

Fractions: Parts of a Whole

Identify, compare, and simplify fractions using visual models and number lines.

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Identify, compare, and simplify fractions using visual models and number lines.

Math - Grade 4-5

Instructions: Answer each question. For comparison problems, write <, >, or =. Simplify all fractions to lowest terms.

1

$A pizza divided into eight equal slices with three slices separated and highlighted.$

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. You eat 3 slices. What fraction of the pizza did you eat?
2

$A three by three grid with six squares shaded, showing two full columns shaded.$

Simplify the fraction 6/9.
3

$Two equal fraction bars: the top has three of four parts shaded, and the bottom has two of three parts shaded.$

Compare: 3/4 ___ 2/3. Write <, >, or =.
4

$A ten-part fraction bar with five equal sections shaded.$

Write an equivalent fraction for 1/2 with a denominator of 10.
5

$Three equal fraction bars showing three eighths, one half, and one fourth shaded.$

Order from least to greatest: 3/8, 1/2, 1/4.
6

$A four by four grid with twelve squares shaded in three full rows.$

Simplify 12/16.
7

$Twenty student icons arranged in five groups, with two groups highlighted as bringing lunch.$

2/5 of the 20 students in class brought lunch. How many students brought lunch?
8

$Two equal fraction bars: the top has five of six parts shaded, and the bottom has seven of eight parts shaded.$

Compare: 5/6 ___ 7/8. Write <, >, or =.