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Basic Fractions Introduction

Help a food truck prepare orders fairly. Fractions describe equal parts of a whole. Show your working where useful; simplify answers when possible.

Read the fraction

A fraction is written as numerator/denominator. The denominator tells how many equal parts make one whole; the numerator tells how many of those parts are being considered.

1.The truck cuts a flatbread into 8 equal pieces and serves 3. In 3/8, what does the 8 tell you?

There are 8 pieces in the whole flatbread.
3 pieces have been served.
There are 8 flatbreads.

2.A jug is 5/6 full. Identify the numerator and denominator, then explain what each number means in this situation.

3.The cook uses 3/4 of a tray of roasted vegetables. Choose the fraction that means three quarters.

Show it and compare it

Use the fraction bars and number line to reason about parts of a whole.

4.Shade the bar to show 3/5 of one whole.

5.Place 1/2, 3/4 and 1/4 on the number line. Which fraction is greatest?

6.Two orders use 2/3 and 3/5 of a bottle of sauce. Which order uses more? Show a comparison using equivalent fractions or another clear method.

7.A chocolate slab has 12 equal squares. Four squares are served. Write the fraction served and simplify it.

Fractions in a food-truck shift

Solve the problems. Remember, the parts in a fraction must be equal-sized parts of the same whole.

8.A batch makes 10 mini muffins. The team sells 7. What fraction of the batch is sold, and what fraction remains? Give both answers in simplest form.

9.A 1-litre drink dispenser is divided into 8 equal marks. It contains 6/8 litre. Simplify the fraction and state how many eighth-litre portions make that amount.

10.A customer eats 2/8 of a pizza, then a friend eats another 3/8. What fraction has been eaten altogether? What fraction is left?

11.Create a food-truck sharing story whose answer is 3/4. Include a clear whole and explain what the numerator and denominator represent.