Reading fractions

Match the fractions to their word forms.

1
One half
8

5
One quarter
6

1
One eighth
2

1
Three quarters
4

3
Five sixths
4

9
Three sevenths
10

3
Nine tenths
7

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Identify numerators and denominators

Fill in the table.

Fraction Numerator Denominator

1
4
1
6
1
12
3
5
6
8
11
12
15
16

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Identify halves, thirds, quarters, sixths and eighths

Write “Halves”, “Thirds”, “Quarters”, “Sixths” or “Eighths” under each shape.

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Identify halves

Color half of each shape which shows two equal parts.

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Parts of a set

Answer the questions with fractions.

1. What fraction of the kids are boys?

2. What fraction of the kids have glasses?

3. What fraction of the kids are smiling?

1. What fraction of the shapes are stars?

2. What fraction of the shapes are shaded?

3. What fraction of the shapes are shaded hearts?

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Parts of a set

Write the correct fractions for the questions.

What fraction of the envelopes are red?

What fraction of the puzzle pieces are blue?

What fraction of the bells are yellow?

What fraction of the guitars are brown?

What fraction of the piggy banks are pink?

What fraction of the cameras are black?

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Write the correct fractions for the questions.
What fraction of the circles are blue?

What fraction of the stars are yellow?

What fraction of the trees are green?

What fraction of the flowers are white?

What fraction of the houses are blue?

What fraction of the ducks are white?

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Identify fractions

Color the shapes according to the fractions below each shape.

1 2 2
3 3 3

3 1 1
4 4 4

1 3 5
8 8 8

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Identify fractions

What fraction of the shape is shaded? Circle the correct answer.

1 8 1 4 1 1 1 1 1
6 1 8 1 8 4 2 6 4

1 6 1 1 1 16 3 3 3
6 1 4 16 8 1 6 8 4

5 16 5 3 2 2 3 3 4
16 5 8 2 3 4 2 4 3

5 8 5 7 7 16 8 7 7
16 5 8 8 16 7 7 16 8

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Compare fractions (parts of a set)

What fraction of the above are trucks? _________

What fraction of the above are planes? _________

Which fraction is greater? _________

What fraction of the group are cakes? _________

What fraction of the group are hats? _________

Which fraction is greater? _________

What fraction of the above are scissors? _________

What fraction of the above are rulers? _________

Which fraction is smaller? _________

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Compare fractions (parts of a set)

What fraction of the animals are rabbits? _________

What fraction of the animals are cats? _________

Which fraction is greater? _________

What fraction of the group are leaves? _________

What fraction of the group are trees? _________

Which fraction is greater? _________

What fraction of the utensils are knives? _________

What fraction of the utensils are spoons? _________

Which fraction is smaller? _________

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Comparing fractions

Compare the fractions with the help of the pictures shown on the left.

Circle the GREATER fraction.

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 1
1 10 2
2

1 1 1 1 1 1 1
15 15 15 15 15 15 15
7 3
1 1 1 15 5
5 5 5

1 1 1
8 8 8 3 1
1 8 4
4

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
11 3
1 1 1 12 4
4 4 4

1 1 1 1 1
9 9 9 9 9 3 5
1 1 1 8 9
8 8 8

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Comparing fractions

Compare the fractions with the help of the pictures shown on the left.

Circle the GREATER fraction.

1 1 1
7 7 7 3 4
1 1 1 1 7 7
7 7 7 7

1
4 1 3
1 1 1 4 8
8 8 8

1 1 1 1 1
9 9 9 9 9 5 2
1 1 9 3
3 3

1 1 1 1 1
6 6 6 6 6 5 1
1 6 2
2

1 1 1 1 1 1 1
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 7 3
1 1 1 10 5
5 5 5

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Compare fractions (same denominators)

Circle the fractions that are GREATER.

1 2 4 3
3 3 5 5

2 1 2 1
4 4 10 10

Circle the fractions that are SMALLER.

4 3 5 1
6 6 8 8

2 3 7 5
5 5 16 16

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Mixed word problems

The manager of a school cafeteria ordered some

new kitchen supplies. He ordered 15 boxes of
napkins, 3 boxes of paper cups and 5 boxes each for
plastic forks, knives, and spoons.

1. How many boxes of supplies did he order

altogether?

2. What fraction of the order is napkins?

3. If there are 5 stacks of paper cups in each box,

how many stacks of paper cups did he order?

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4. The supplier called and said the delivery will be
late for 1 hour and 45 minutes. If the original
schedule time of delivery were half past two in
the afternoon, when would the order be
delivered?

5. The order came mixed up. Only 12 boxes of

napkins were delivered. How many more boxes
did the supplier need to deliver to meet the
order?

6. At the cafeteria, a cup of hot chocolate costs

$1.60. If Ashley has 1 one-dollar bill and 3
quarters, how much money would she have left
after she buys a cup of hot chocolate?

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1. 15 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 33
He ordered 33 boxes of supplies.
15
2. of the order is napkins.
33

3. 3 x 5 = 15
He ordered 15 stacks of paper cups.

4. The order would be delivered at a quarter after four.

5. 15 – 12 = 3
The supplier needs to deliver 3 more boxes of
napkins.

6. 25¢ + 25¢ + 25¢ – 60¢ = 15¢

After buying a cup of hot chocolate, she would have
15 cents left.

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Last night, Maria and Daniella went out trick-or-
treating.

There were 7 lollipops.

2
Daniella ate 7 of the
3
lollipops, while Maria ate
7
of the lollipops. Color the
lollipops Maria ate BLUE.

They collected chocolate

bars from their generous
neighbors. Maria and
1
Daniella each had 5 of
the chocolate bars. Cross
out the chocolate bars
they ate.

Mrs. Barnes gave them

marshmallows. They
3
decided to eat of them.
5
How many marshmallows
were left? Color the
remaining marshmallows
YELLOW.

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Maria and Daniella
collected 4 cookies. They
each ate ¼ of the
cookies. Cross out the
cookies they ate and
color the cookies left.

Daniella collected
2
candies. 9 were
4
chocolate flavored, 9
were mint flavored, and
the rest were strawberry
flavored. How many
candies were strawberry
flavored? Color the
strawberry flavored
candies PINK.

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Answer

There were 7 lollipops. Daniella

2
ate of the lollipops, while Maria
7
3
ate of the lollipops. Color the
7
lollipops Maria ate BLUE.

They collected chocolate bars

from their generous neighbors.
1
Maria and Daniella each had of
5
the chocolate bars. Cross out the
chocolate bars they ate.

Mrs. Barnes gave them

marshmallows. They decided to
3
eat of them. How many
5
marshmallows were left? Color
the remaining marshmallows
YELLOW.

Maria and Daniella collected 4

cookies. They each ate ¼ of the
cookies. Cross out the cookies
they ate and color the cookies
left.
2
Daniella collected candies.
9
4
were chocolate flavored, were
9
mint flavored, and the rest were
strawberry flavored. How many
candies were strawberry
flavored? Color the strawberry
flavored candies PINK.

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Two sisters, Francine and Sam, were playing with their
colorful building blocks at their house.

Francine stacked building

blocks to form the shape
3
of house. of the building
8
blocks were blue. Put a
check mark beside the
house Francine built.

Sam stacked building

4
blocks. 6 of the blocks
were green and the rest
were red. Francine then
removed 1 green block.
Put a check mark beside
the stack Sam built.

The building block pattern

showed them which
colors and the number of
2
blocks to use. 9 were red,
4
were blue and the rest
9
were yellow. Put a check

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mark beside the pattern
they built.

Sam’s friend brought

another block pattern. In
5
that pattern, 7 of the
blocks were green, and
the rest were yellow. Upon
stacking the blocks, they
noticed that they were
short 1 green, so they
replaced it with a yellow
block. Put a check mark
beside the correct
pattern.

Francine found some

building blocks under her
2
bed. 5 were blue and the
rest were red. Put a check
mark beside the blocks
she found.

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Francine stacked building blocks to
3
form the shape of house. of the
8
building blocks were blue. Put a

✓
check mark beside the house
Francine built.
4
Sam stacked building blocks. of the
6
blocks were green and the rest were
red. Francine then removed 1 green
block. Put a check mark beside the

✓
stack Sam built.

The building block pattern showed

them which colors and the number of
2 4
blocks to use. were red, were
9 9
blue and the rest were yellow. Put a
check mark beside the pattern they

✓
built.

Sam’s friend brought another block

5
pattern. In that pattern, of the blocks
7
were green, and the rest were yellow.
Upon stacking the blocks, they
noticed that they were short 1 green,
so they replaced it with a yellow
block. Put a check mark beside the
correct pattern.

Francine found some building blocks

2
under her bed. were blue and the
5
rest were red. Put a check mark
beside the blocks she found.

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It’s harvest time at Joe’s farm.

2
There are 5 tomatoes but 5 of
them are rotten.
Joe throws out the rotten
tomatoes and puts the rest in his
basket.

Cross out the rotten tomatoes.

4
There are 6 zucchinis but 6 of
them are rotten.
Joe throws out the rotten
zucchinis and puts the rest in his
basket.

Cross out the rotten zucchinis.

3
There are 8 onions but 8 of them
are rotten.
Joe throws out the rotten onions
and puts the rest in his basket.

Cross out the rotten onions.

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In his basket, there are _____ tomatoes, _____
zucchinis and _____ onions.

There are ______ vegetables in total.

What fraction of the vegetables in his basket are

tomatoes? _________

What fraction of the vegetables in his basket are

zucchinis? _________

What fraction of the vegetables in his basket are

onions? _________

Which fraction is the greatest? _________

Which fraction is the smallest? _________

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 2
There are 5 tomatoes but of them are rotten.
5

Joe throws out the rotten tomatoes and puts

the rest in his basket.

Cross out the rotten tomatoes.

4
There are 6 zucchinis but of them are rotten.
6

Joe throws out the rotten zucchinis and puts

the rest in his basket.

Cross out the rotten zucchinis.

3
There are 8 onions but of them are rotten.
8

Joe throws out the rotten onions and puts the

rest in his basket.

Cross out the rotten onions.

In his basket, there are __3__ tomatoes, __2__ zucchinis and __5__ onions.

There are __10__ vegetables in total.

3
What fraction of the vegetables in his basket are tomatoes? ____ _____
10

2
What fraction of the vegetables in his basket are zucchinis? ____ _____
10

5
What fraction of the vegetables in his basket are onions? _____ ____
10

2
Which fraction is the greatest? ____ _____
10

5
Which fraction is the smallest? ____ _____
10

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