Glossary

Glossary
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Lesson 1 - Representing fractions and converting between
forms
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Equivalent fractions
 Lesson 1 - Representing fractions and converting between
forms

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Negative fractions on the number line

− 0 1
1

Improper fractions and mixed numerals on the number line

− − −
3 2 1

−3 − − 0
2 1

−5 − − −
4 3 2

− −
3 2
 Lesson 1 - Representing fractions and converting between
forms

1. Write these fractions in their simplest form.

2. Change these improper fractions to mixed numerals.

3. Use the fraction wall given to complete the equivalent fractions.

4. Circle the fractions that are equivalent to .

 Lesson 1 - Representing fractions and converting between
forms
5. Fill in the blanks for these equivalent fractions.

6. Label the number lines with the missing fractions.

−3 − − 0
2 1

7. Place these fractions on the number line below:

− − −2 −
4 3 1

8. Write the fractions marked on the number line below.

− − −
3 2 1
 Lesson 1 - Representing fractions and converting between
forms

9. In a class of 24 children, 16 are girls. What fraction are boys? Give your
answer as a simplified fraction.

10. With the aid of this diagram, explain why .

11. In a bag there are 80 beads. There are 35 yellow beads. There are 17 red
beads. The rest of the beads are white. What fraction of the beads are white?
Give your answer in its simplest form.
 Lesson 1 - Representing fractions and converting between
forms

12. Use the number lines below and the symbols < and > to make this number
sentence true.

−2 −1 0

−2 −1 0
Lesson 2 - Compare and order fractions
Lesson 2 - Compare and order fractions

5. Write these numbers in order from least to greatest.

a. b.

c.

6. By using the benchmark numbers of decide which fraction in each

pair is largest.

a. b. c. d.

7. Seha gets 7 out of 8 shots at goal in the basket. Avani gets 10 out of 12 shots
in. Who is the more accurate shooter?
Lesson 2 - Compare and order fractions

8. Ruby has 100 mL left in her 500 mL water bottle. Brianna has 50 mL left in her
300 mL bottle.
a. Who has drunk more water?

b. Who has drunk a greater fraction of the water in their bottle?

9. Write three fractions that are greater than but less than .
Lesson 3 - Adding and subtracting fractions

1. Evaluate the following by first finding equivalent fractions with a common

denominator.

2. Evaluate the following by first finding equivalent fractions with a common

denominator.

3. Evaluate the following by first finding equivalent fractions with a common

denominator.
Lesson 3 - Adding and subtracting fractions

4. of my lollies are red and are yellow. The rest are green. What fraction are green?

5. Identify the missing fraction.

a. b.

c. d.

6. Complete the magic square (where the total of each row, column, and long diagonal are the
same).

7. Calculate:

a.

b.

c.

d.
Lesson 4 - Multiplying fractions

1. Use a bar model to represent each of the following fraction expressions.

2. Calculate the products below. Simplify where possible.

3. Use an area model to calculate the following product.

Lesson 4 - Multiplying fractions

4. Calculate the following products, by first simplifying the fraction where

possible.

5. Calculate the following products, by first converting the mixed numbers

into an improper fraction.

6. Show using a number line that the product of is less than 2.

Lesson 4 - Multiplying fractions

7. Callum was driving a friend to school. It took him 18 minutes to get from his
home to school and he spent of his time waiting for his friend to come out of her
house.
For how many minutes was Callum waiting for his friend?

a. Set up the question as a fraction statement.

b. Write your answer in minutes and seconds.

8. Sally is a hairdresser. Her client asks to cut off of her hair.

Before the haircut, the client’s hair was 30 cm long.

How much did the hairdresser cut off, in cm?
Lesson 4 - Multiplying fractions

9.

a. Increase $20 by

b. Increase 40 kg by

c. Decrease 50 mm by

d. Decrease $130 by

10. Adrian is a tailor. A customer came with a maxi dress that is 1.6 metres
long. The customer has asked him to decrease the length of the dress by
so that the dress is not dragging on the floor.
How long is the dress after Adrian has modified it?
Lesson 5 - Squares, cubes, square and cube roots of
fractions

1. Simplify the following fractions.

2. Calculate the following fractions.

3. Show through working out why the two fractions below would have
different results.

4. Use the facts that 6 cubed is 216 and 4 cubed is 64 to evaluate the following.
a. b. c.
Lesson 5 - Squares, cubes, square and cube roots of
fractions

5. Calculate the following.

6. Show through working out why the two fractions below would have
different results.

7. If the cube root of 15 625 is 25 and the cube root of 27 000 is 30,
evaluate .
Lesson 5 - Squares, cubes, square and cube roots of
fractions

8. Calculate:

9. Without a calculator, calculate:

10. Using a calculator, calculate:

Lesson 6 - Dividing fractions

1. Complete the table.

2. Complete the table.

3. Write the fact families for the following.

Lesson 6 - Dividing fractions

4. Evaluate the following and check your answer on your calculator.

a. b. c.

d. e. f.

g. h.

5. Murray cut down a tree that is 6 metres long. He wants to cut it into
smaller pieces that fit into his fireplace. Each piece needs to be of a
metre long. How many pieces will he end up with?
Lesson 6 - Dividing fractions

6. Sam eats of a cup of cereal every morning. If the cereal box contains

a total of 36 cups, how many days will it take Sam to finish the cereal box?

7. Aimee feeds her pet dog of a tin of dog food every night. She has a

total of tins of dog food left. How manys day of dog food does she have

left?
Lesson 7 - Combinations of operations with fractions

1. Rewrite the following fraction expressions using vinculums.

2. Rewrite the following fraction expressions using obeluses.

3. Use brackets to show what the first calculation would be in each

expression.
Lesson 7 - Combinations of operations with fractions

4. Evaluate the following fraction expressions. Simplify where possible.

5. Use a calculator to evaluate the following fraction expressions.

6. Sarah had 80 novels. She sold of them at $10 each. What was the
total revenue she earned from the sales?
7. Lisa harvested of a basket of apples. Later, she shared this portion equally among her friends.
a. If Lisa has of the apples left after sharing, what fraction of the original basket does she have remaining?

b. Lisa goes back to her garden and harvests another basket of apples, represented by of a basket. Find the total amount of
apples Lisa has.

8. In a recipe, Sarah used cup of a special ingredient. She decided to make a double batch, so she
squared the amount of the special ingredient and then realized she needed to reduce it. If she subtracted
of the squared amount, what is the final quantity of the special ingredient in the double batch?
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