Adding and subtracting fractions

When adding and subtracting fractions, which fraction needs to be the same in all values being added/subtracted?

• Numerator

• Denominator

What is the process of making two fractions with unlike denominators able to be added or subtracted called?

• Multiplication

• Finding the least common multiple or least common denominator

• Addition

• Reverse multiplication

What is a proper fraction?

• A fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator

• A fraction in which the numerator is greater than the denominator

• A fraction in which the numerator and denominator are the same

Which of the following fractions is improper?

• 1/5

• 11/7

• 2/7

• 2/9

A number that includes both a whole number and a fraction ( 3 3/2) is called a.......

• Improper fraction

• Proper fraction

• Mixed fraction

• Mixed number

What makes two fractions alike?

• They have the SAME NUMERATORS

• They have DIFFERENT NUMERATORS

• They have DIFFERENT DENOMINATORS

• They have the SAME DENOMINATORS

7/8 - 5/8 (subtract and make sure to simplify)

• 12/8

• 2/8

• 1/4

• 3/2

If Ms. Perry brought the class a whole cheese pizza, and Silvia stole 3/26 of the pizza. Rakiya ate 5/26 of the pizza. Josiah ate 4/26 of the pizza. How much pizza does Ms. Perry have left? 

• 1/26

• All of it

• 14/26

• 12/26

Kelly found two worms in the yard and measured them with a ruler. One worm was 3/4 of an inch long. The other worm was 1/4 of an inch long. How much longer was the longer worm?

• 1/4

• 2/4

• 3/4

• 4/4

Liam and Sam shared a chocolate bar. Liam ate 7/12 and Sam ate 5/12. Who ate more of the chocolate bar?

• Liam

• Sam

• They both eat the same amount of the chocolate bar

• I have no clue