Name
Date
Class
Practice C
LESSON
3-4 Equivalent Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Find two fractions equivalent to each number.
7
1. 1
2
11
2. 15
14
3. 25
18
4. 20
5. 5
6. 18
1
Write the fractions with a common denominator.
Then determine if they are equivalent.
9
10
and 8. 18
12
18
12
and 9. 24
16
32
48
11. 6 and 9
38
25
and 12. 15
10
10
12
and 7. 15
20
9
7
10. 8 and 1
0
Write each as a mixed number.
43
13. 7
27
14. 5
55
15. 8
80
16. 11
Write each as an improper fraction.
2
7
17. 255
18. 119
11
19. 4
12
5
20. 5
16
21. Write an improper fraction and a mixed number to represent
139 inches in feet.
1
22. A baker used 52 2 cups of flour to make 15 loaves of bread.
How many quarter cups of flour were used?
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3-4 Equivalent Fractions and Mixed Numbers
LESSON
LESSON
Find a fraction equivalent to each fraction. Possible
2
8
1
1. 4
2
12
1
5. 6
6
10
3
2. 5
4
3. 9
1
2
20
6. 4
0
6
7. 1
5
Find a fraction equivalent to the given fraction. Possible
answers given.
8
18
2
16
1
4. 8
2
5
7
10
35
8. 50
7
8
10. 1
and 1
0
5
6 6
, ; yes
9 9
16
10
12. 8 and 5
80 80
, ; yes
40 40
18 18
, ; yes
12 12
7
1
14
5
15. 4
1
42
9
16. 2
13
17. 5
3
25
2
19. 33
3
15
30
12. 9 and 18
60 60
, ; yes
48 48
30 30
, ; yes
18 18
5
1
94
37
14. 4
1
35
16
15. 5
4
59
49
16. 9
Write each as an improper fraction.
19
8
20. 28
15
20
and 11. 12
16
28
21
13. 8
Write each as an improper fraction.
11
3
24 36
, ; no
72 72
Write each as a mixed number.
5
17
12
18. 7
9
35 36
, ; no
20 20
Write each as a mixed number.
given.
3
4
9. 9 and 8
18 16
, ; no
24 24
10. 4 and 5
16 15
, ; no
24 24
3
4
9
6. 12
6
8
8. 8 and 12
24 24
, ; yes
30 30
8
15
and 14. 12
24
14
16
7
3. 8
3
5
12
5. 20
8
12
and 7. 10
15
12 12
, ; yes
24 24
9
6
13. 6 and 4
2
3
answers given.
Write the fractions with a common denominator.
Then determine if they are equivalent. Possible answers
3
4
11. 6 and 8
21 16
, ; no
30 30
16
30
8
2. 15
16
4. 24
Write the fractions with a common denominator. Then
determine if they are equivalent. Possible answers given.
2
6
9. 3 and 9
4
18
2
1.9
3
21. 15
8
5
17
6
5
22. 26
26
3
2
17. 83
19
12
7
18. 1
12
103
4
3
19. 254
47
6
5
20. 76
3
21. Maria’s desk is 334 inches long. Write this number as an
improper fraction.
1
23. Lou’s bedroom is 112 feet long. Write this number as an
improper fraction.
135
4
23
2
5
yes
no
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1. 12
11
2. 15
9 36
, 10 40
18
4. 20
14
3. 25
5 10
, 1 2
5. 5
Then find equivalent fractions by placing
other fraction strips with the same length
below the model.
18
12
and 9. 24
16
38
25
and 12. 15
10
96 96
, ; yes
18 18
1
67
27
14. 5
2
55
15. 8
7
68
80
16. 11
3
71
1
127
5
7
18. 119
106
9
11
19. 4
12
59
12
5
20. 5
16
1
8
1
4
1
8
6
8
3
4
1
4
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
12
16
2
4
2
8
1
2. 4
4
10
2
3. 5
4
6
2
4. 3
11
In an improper fraction the numerator is greater than the denominator, such as 3.
5
A mixed number has both a whole number part and a fraction part, such as 28.
• To write an improper fraction as a
mixed number, you can write th.e
improper fraction as a sum of
fractions.
Write each as an improper fraction.
2
17. 255
1
8
answers given.
1
1. 2
55
1
8
Use fractions strips to find a fraction equivalent to each fraction. Possible
76 75
, ; no
30 30
Write each as a mixed number.
43
13. 7
1
8
1
4
3
12
6
and are equivalent to .
4
16
8
36 36
, ; yes
48 48
32
48
11. 6 and 9
35 3 6
, ; no
40 4 0
1
8
6
First, use fraction strips to model 8.
given.
20 27
, ; no
36 36
7
9
10. 8 and 10
6
Find two fractions equivalent to 8.
9 18
, 8 16
1
10
9
and 8. 18
12
40 3 6
, ; no
60 6 0
Equivalent fractions name the same number.
• You can use fraction strips to find equivalent fractions.
28 42
, 50 75
6. 18
Write the fractions with a common denominator.
Then determine if they are equivalent. Possible answers
10
12
and 7. 15
20
LESSON
answers given.
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LESSON
14 21
, 24 36
10
mile. Did they walk
22. Leon walked 8 mile. Liz walked 16
the same distance?
2
24. Kaleigh used 3 cup of flour to make cookies. Eric used
9
cup of flour. Did they use the same amount of flour?
12
85
16
• To write a mixed number as an
improper fraction, you can write the
whole number as a fraction with the
same denominator as the fraction part.
11
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
5
5
16
5
21
28 2 8 8 8 8
{
21. Write an improper fraction and a mixed number to represent
139 inches in feet.
1 + 1 + 1
7
139
, 11
12
12
13
5. Write 4 as a mixed number.
1
22. A baker used 52 2 cups of flour to make 15 loaves of bread.
How many quarter cups of flour were used?
4
4
4
1
13
4
4
4
4
4
1
34
2
35 3
2
5
15
2
5
17
5
5
{
210 quarter cups
2
6. Write 35 as an improper fraction.
1
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