Fraction Concepts Assessment
1. How much of this cookie do you see?
________
4. If all bags of M&M’s had the same
fraction of red ones as in problem 2, how
many red ones would you find in a bag that
has 60 M&M’s in it?
________
2. What fraction of this pan of brownies is
missing?
3
3
or ? Circle the
4
7
larger fraction and make drawings to
explain your answer.
5. Which is larger,
________
3. In a bag of 30 M&M’s, you count 10 red
ones. What fraction of the M&M’s are red?
________
3
2
or ? Circle the
4
3
larger fraction and explain why you think
it is larger.
6. Which is larger,
7. Look at the drawing below. What fraction of the whole square is region A? __________
region B? __________
C
region C? __________
A
B
8. Show where these fractions would be on this ruler:
1
4
1
1
2
2
3
4
8
4
9. Put these fractions in order from smallest to largest:
smallest
3 1 5 3 14
,
,
, ,
4 10 12 5 15
largest
10. For each of the following problems, explain if you think the answer is a reasonable estimate
or not.
2 1 11
 
3 4 12
2 1 1
 
3 4 12
11 1 10
 
12 2 12
11. Put a dot on this number line at
21
and write this number below the dot. How much is this
8
as a mixed number? __________
0
1
2
12. Write these mixed numbers as fractions:
1
3 = _______
4
5
3
= _______
10
9
is
.
13. An equivalent fraction for
12
4
(Fill in the blank.)
2
14. Write any equivalent fraction for
3
3
4
16. 1/10 of the M&M’s in a bag are red and 1/5
are blue. What fraction of all the M&M’s are
red and blue?
_______
17. Pam walks 7/8 of a mile to school. Paul
walks 1/2 of a mile to school. How much farther
does Pam walk than Paul? Draw a picture to
show this, then write the answer as a fraction.
_______
_______
2
cup of sugar for
3
the frosting and 2/3 cup of sugar for the cake.
How much sugar is that altogether?
15. A cake recipe requires 1
18. A bakery has planned to make cakes today.
2
They need tablespoon of baking powder for
3
each cake. They want to bake 12 cakes. How
much baking powder do they need for all 12
cakes?
SHOW YOUR WORK.
_______
_______
19. Find each answer:
22. How much is
2 1
 
3 6
2
3
of ? Draw a picture to
3
4
show this.
_______
2 3
 
3 4
3 1
 
2 4
3
cup of cereal for breakfast every
4
day. How many days does it take him to eat the
whole box of cereal, if it holds 13 cups
altogether?
23. Ted eats
1 1
 
2 5
_______
20. You have 6 donuts and you want to give
2
3
of them to a friend. How many donuts would
2
your friend get? That is, how much is
of 6?
3
SHOW YOUR WORK.
24. A cupcake recipe uses
1
cups of milk. How many full
2
recipes of cupcakes can you make with that
much milk? Decide whether to use
multiplication or division to find the answer,
then show how to calculate this.
You have 3
_______
21. Find each answer:
_______
1 2
 
2 3
3 9
1  
4 4
1
of a cup of milk.
4