by Mr. Johnk

ORDER FROM GREATEST
TO LEAST
 Question 1
 Put the following fractions in order from greatest to least :

1
2
,
5
6
,
3
4
,
2
3

QUESTION 1 ANSWER


5
6
,
3
4
,
2
3
,
1
2

10
12
,
9
12
,
8
12
,
6
12

ORDER FROM LEAST
TO GREATEST
 Question 2
 Put the following fractions in order from least to greatest:
 1
1
2
, 1
2
3
, 1
3
4
,
4
3

QUESTION 2 ANSWER


4
3
, 1
1
2
 1
1
3
, 1
1
2
, 1
2
3
, 1
2
3
, 1
3
4
, 1
3
4
 1
4
12
, 1
6
12
, 1
8
12
, 1
9
12

 Question 3
 A cookie jar holds 40 cookies and it is
3
5 eat
1
4 full. I take out and of those cookies. How many cookies are left in the jar?

QUESTION 3 ANSWER
 There are 18 cookies left in the jar.
 40 x
3
5
= 24 cookies in jar
 24 x
1
4
= 6 that I ate
 24-6 = 18 remain in the jar

 Question 4
 What happens to the product of a number and a proper fraction?
 A. The product gets bigger than the number.
 B. The product gets smaller than the number.
 C. The product stays the same.

QUESTION 4 ANSWER
 B. The product gets smaller than the number.
 2 x
1
= 1 which is smaller than 2, the
2 number I started with.

1
×
1
=
1
The product is smaller than the
4 3 12 number I started with.

 Question 5
 What happens to the product of a number and a mixed number?
 A. The product is bigger than the number.
 B. The product gets smaller than the number.
 C. The product stays the same.

QUESTION 5 ANSWER
 A. The product is bigger than the number.
 1 × 1
2
= 1
2
The product is bigger than
3 3
1, the number I started with.
 Mixed numbers are greater than one, so your answer will get bigger.

 Question 6
 If I buy a 40 pound bag of bird seed and my bird feeders hold
1
1 pounds on average each day, how many days until I need to
4 go buy more bird seed?

 32 days
QUESTION 6 ANSWER
 40 ÷ 1
1
4
= 40 ÷
5
4
= 40 ×
4
5
= 32

 Question 7
 True or False?

2
3
= 6
3
2

QUESTION 7 ANSWER
 True!
 Dividing by a fraction and multiplying by the reciprocal give you equivalent amounts!

 Question 8
 True or False?
 7
=
7
3
= 7 3

QUESTION 8 ANSWER
 False!
 7
7
3
 7
=
7
3 but
7
3
7 3
= 3 7

 Question 9
 If I have a square painting that is 1 6
1
4 inches on a side and I want to put a wooden frame around it, how many inches of wooden frame will I need to buy?

QUESTION 9 ANSWER

1 x 4 =
65
4
= 65 inches
4 4 1 or 5 feet 5 inches of wood.

WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS ARE THERE?
 What else do we need to go over?