Basic Fractions Review

What does the numerator of a fraction represent about a figure?

• How many equal parts are in the whole figure

• How many parts of the figure are being counted

• How big the whole figure is

Mr. Khan and his wife are going to equally share 3 brownies. How many brownies will they each get?

• 1 brownie

• 3 brownies

• 2/3 of a brownie

• 3/2 brownies

Which of the following is means 10/7?

• 10 ÷ 7

• 7 ÷ 10

The art club used 5 gallons of paint to decorate 12 chairs. How much paint was used on each chair?

• 5/12 of a gallon

• 12/5 of a gallon

• 1/2 of a gallon

• 7 gallons

When writing a division problem as a fraction, the numerator is always the # of things being share.

• True

• False

Granola bars come 6 to a box. If 12 hungry kids divide them equally among themselves, how much does each person get?

• 1 bar

• 6/12 of  a bar

• 2 bars

• 6 bars

Which of the following is equivalent to 8/10?

• 8 ÷ 10

• 10 ÷ 8

Mrs. Scotto has an 8 pound package of playdough. If she gives an equal amount of playdough to 5 students, How much playdough will each student get?

• 8

• 5/8

• 5

• 8/5

Mrs. Swope had given out an equal amount of tape to 6 table groups for an art project. She has 5 yards of tape. How many yards of tape will each table group get?

• 6

• 5

• 5/6

• 6/5

There were 5 granola bars in box. If 7 people split the granola bars equally, how many granola bars would each person get?

• 5

• 7

• 7/5

• 5/7