Fractions

Question 1

Which is greater: 1/3 or 1/2?

Answer 1

1/2

Question 2

Which is greater: 4/8 or 2/6?

Answer 2

4/8

Question 3

Which is greater: 1/2 or 3/8?

Answer 3

1/2

Question 4

Which is greater: 1/2 or 5/6?

Answer 4

5/6

Question 5

Which is greater: 5/8 or 3/4?

Answer 5

3/4

Question 6

Which is greater: 4/8 or 1/2?

Answer 6

They are equal

Question 7

Which is greater: 2/3 or 3/6?

Answer 7

2/3

Question 8

Dominee Bosman has 6 people in her Bible study, and today’s lesson has 24 verses. She asks each person to read an equal number of verses. How many verses does each person read? What fraction of the verses does each person read?

Answer 8

Each person reads 4 verses (or a fraction of 1/6)

Question 9

Mr Gibbon is transporting 5 children from school. He has a packet of 30 wine gums, which he divides equally among the children. How many wine gums does each child gobble up? How many in total do his two sons get? What fraction do the other children get?

Answer 9

Each child gets 6 wine gums.
The two sons get 12 in total.
The other children get 3/5.

Question 10

Matthew has 27 sweets. He shares them equally with his friends, Adam and Joe. How many do Adam and Joe get?

Answer 10

Each boy gets 9 sweets.

Adam and Joe get 18 sweets.