Concepts:
- Fractions
- Multiplication
- Division
Activities:
- Warm-up
- A first grade class took a poll to find out their favorite ice cream. 1/4 chose chocolate, 1/4 chose vanilla and 1/2 chose strawberry. 2 kids are lactose intolerant and can’t eat ice cream. If there are 22 kids in the class, how many kids liked each flavor?
- Teacher input
- Explain the concept and procedure for multiplying fractions
- Independent Practice
- Blog Word Problems
- Interactive activity http://www.softschools.com/math/games/fractions_practice.jsp
Internet Links:
A first grade class took a poll to find out their favorite ice cream. 1/4 chose chocolate, 1/4 chose vanilla and 1/2 chose strawberry. 2 kids are lactose intolerant and can’t eat ice cream. If there are 22 kids in the class, how many kids liked each flavor?
There are 18 kids at a birthday party. 1/2 of the kids have blue eyes. How many kids do not have blue eyes?
Frank had 12 baseball cards. He gave Sam 3 cards, Billy 3 cards, and Aidan 3 cards. What is the fraction of cards that he gave away?
There are 30 Easter eggs hidden in the grass. 6 are pink, 6 are green, 8 are yellow and the rest are purple. If Joe found all of the purple eggs, what fraction shows how many he found?
A garden has 10 red roses, 8 pink tulips, and 15 yellow daisies. What fraction of the flowers are pink?
1/2 of the class has blond hair. 1/4 of the class has black hair. 1/4 of the class has brown hair. If there are 32 kids in the class, how many kids have each color hair?
Beth has 24 pieces of candy. She gave Jaime 1/3 and Selena another 1/4 of her candy. How much candy does she have left?
There are 6 pigs, 2 cows, and 4 roosters at the farm. What is the fraction of each animal at the farm?
When you finish, you can go to:
http://www.softschools.com/math/games/fractions_practice.jsp
