🍫 Part 1: Sharing Equally

1. Sarah has 24 lollies to share equally among 6 friends. How many lollies does each friend get?

2. If 15 apples are shared equally into 3 groups, what fraction represents one group of the total apples?

5/15

1/3

3/15

15/3

3. Draw a picture to show how you would share 12 biscuits equally among 4 children:

📊 Part 2: Simplifying Fractions

4. Simplify these fractions to their lowest terms:

a) 6/8 = _______

b) 4/10 = _______

c) 9/12 = _______

d) 8/16 = _______

5. Which of these fractions are equivalent to 1/2? (Check all that apply)

2/4

3/5

4/8

5/10

6/12

6. Show your working to simplify 12/18:

🔢 Part 3: Comparing and Ordering Fractions

7. Put these fractions in order from smallest to largest:

3/4, 1/2, 7/8, 1/4

Smallest: _____ → _____ → _____ → _____ :Largest

8. Circle the larger fraction in each pair:

a) 2/3 or 3/4

b) 5/8 or 1/2

c) 3/5 or 7/10

9. Match each fraction with its position on the number line:

1. 1/4

2. 1/2

3. 3/4

4. 1/8

A. Halfway between 0 and 1

B. Very close to 0

C. Halfway between 0 and 1/2

D. Very close to 1

🧮 Part 4: Division with Remainders as Fractions

10. When 17 chocolates are shared equally among 4 children, each child gets _____ whole chocolates and there is _____ chocolate left over. This can be written as the mixed number: _______

11. Express these division problems as mixed numbers:

a) 23 ÷ 5 = _______

b) 19 ÷ 3 = _______

c) 26 ÷ 4 = _______

12. A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If 3 people share the pizza equally, what fraction of the whole pizza does each person get?

🎯 Part 5: Problem Solving

13. At a school fair, 36 cupcakes need to be packed equally into boxes. If each box holds 8 cupcakes, how many boxes will be completely full? What fraction of a box will the remaining cupcakes fill?

14. Explain in your own words what it means for two fractions to be equivalent:

15. Create your own sharing problem using the numbers 20 and 6. Show how to express the answer as both a mixed number and an improper fraction: