These problems ask you to think about fractions in different ways.  Remember drawing pictures of the story the problem is telling can help solve it.  Sometimes seeing the questions helps you understand.  There are lots of answers for the first problem – you’ll have to decide how much Katie likes cherries.  There’s only one answer for the other three.  Last week’s problems are about fractions too.  Have fun solving them.  Maybe you’ll write one of your own.  You can post it in a comment, or put it on your own blog.

Katie ate 1/4 of the cherries in her snack bag.  How many cherries might have been in Katie’s snack bag to begin with?  How many cherries does Katie have left to eat with her lunch?

Draw a number line that begins with zero and ends with one.  Using dots, represent the fractions 1/2, 1/4 and 2/4 on the number line.  Explain your reasoning.

Which is larger:

1/4 or 3/8?

3/6 or 1/3?

Explain you reasoning.

Connor says 6/6 is equivalent to 1.  Jake says 6/6is equivalent to 6.  Who is correct?  Explain.

Happy “Mathing”!