Understanding Fractions and Sharing

What is the term for the number above the bar in a fraction?

• Numerator

• Remainder

• Quotient

• Denominator

If you have 6 chocolates and 4 friends, how many chocolates does each friend get if you divide the remainder equally?

• 2.5 chocolates

• 1.5 chocolates

• 2 chocolates

• 1 chocolate

How many whole chocolates are equivalent to four halves?

• 4 chocolates

• 3 chocolates

• 2 chocolates

• 1 chocolate

If half of the CDs are ballads, and there are 20 CDs in total, how many are ballads?

• 5 CDs

• 10 CDs

• 15 CDs

• 20 CDs

What fraction of the CDs are jazz if there are 5 jazz CDs out of 20 total CDs?

• 1/3

• 1/5

• 1/4

• 1/2