📝 Part 1: Cloze Activity - Equivalent Fractions

Instructions: Fill in the blanks using the words from the word bank below.

Word Bank: equivalent, denominator, numerator, multiply, divide, simplify, common, equal

1. Complete the passage about equivalent fractions:

Two fractions are _____________ when they represent the same value or amount. To create equivalent fractions, we can _____________ or _____________ both the _____________ and _____________ by the same number. For example, 2/4 and 1/2 are _____________ fractions because they both represent half. We can _____________ 2/4 by dividing both parts by their _____________ factor of 2 to get 1/2.

🔗 Part 2: Word Matching Activity

2. Match the fraction terms with their correct definitions:

1. Numerator

2. Denominator

3. Common denominator

4. Equivalent fractions

5. Simplify

6. Mixed number

A. The bottom number in a fraction

B. Fractions that have the same value

C. A whole number and a fraction combined

D. The top number in a fraction

E. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms

F. The same denominator shared by two or more fractions

🎧 Part 3: Listening Activity

Instructions: Listen carefully as your teacher reads the fraction problems aloud. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

3. Listen and write the equivalent fraction:

Problem A: _____________ = _____________

Problem B: _____________ = _____________

Problem C: _____________ = _____________

4. Listen and solve the addition problems:

Problem D: _____________ + _____________ = _____________

Problem E: _____________ + _____________ = _____________

5. Listen and solve the subtraction problems:

Problem F: _____________ - _____________ = _____________

Problem G: _____________ - _____________ = _____________

6. Listen and circle the correct answer:

1/4

2/8

3/12

All of the above are equivalent

🔍 Part 4: Fraction Language Word Search

7. Find the following fraction vocabulary words in the grid below:

Words to find:

NUMERATOR

DENOMINATOR

EQUIVALENT

SIMPLIFY

COMMON

REDUCE

MULTIPLY

DIVIDE

ADDITION

SUBTRACT

N U M E R A T O R K L M
Q W E R T Y U I O P A S
D E N O M I N A T O R D
F G H J K L Z X C V B N
E Q U I V A L E N T M Q
S I M P L I F Y W E R T
A S D F G H J K L Q W E
M U L T I P L Y Z X C V
C O M M O N B N M Q W E
R E D U C E A S D F G H
A D D I T I O N J K L M
S U B T R A C T Q W E R
D I V I D E T Y U I O P

8. Write a sentence using three of the words you found:

✏️ Part 5: Fraction Language in Context

9. Complete these fraction word problems by filling in the missing mathematical language:

Sarah ate _______ of a pizza and Tom ate _______ of the same pizza. To find out how much pizza they ate altogether, we need to _______ the fractions. Since both fractions have the same _______, we can add the _______ together: _______ + _______ = _______.

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