Fraction Trivia The Rules You must sit where

{ Fraction Trivia

The Rules You must sit where allocated and work in your groups to solve problems No calculators are allowed You must be able to explain how you got your answer so you need to help your team mates! Put your hand up when you have the answer and I will check You get a point for a correct answer and get to pick a ‘mystery card’

1/3 x 7 { 2 1/3 or 7/3

What’s the difference between 4/9 x 36 and 4/9 of 36? { Nothing, ‘of’ is just a different way of writing ‘x’

Seat 1 only Why does 8/8 – 1/8 not equal 7/0? { Because you do not use the denominator when adding or subtraction. The answer is 7/8.

Hannah has been training for cross country for 2 weeks, if she is 4/12 of the way through her training, how many weeks until the race? { = 4 weeks

2/5 of 1 year (in days) { = 146 days

30% of $1. 20 { = $0. 40

Seat 3 only 4/3 - 2/5 { = 14/15

3/8 of 1 km (in metres) { = 375 minutes

Alex is 6 months younger than Matt. If Matt is 13 3/4 years old. How old is Alex? { = 13 1/4

Seat 2 only Simplify 26/8 { =3¼

If you have spent 3/5 of your allowance and have $8 left, how much allowance did you start with? { = $20

Seat 4 only Explain how you solve 1 2/3 + 4 5/8 { 6 7/24

A farmers has 17 horses and shares them with his 3 daughters. Ashlee gets 1/3, Bianca gets 5/9 and 1/9 goes to Anna. Why won’t this work? { The answers are in fractions and that wont work as you cant have parts of a horse

4/3 of 150 metres (in km) { = 0. 2 km

Solve 2 1/4 + 9/8 { = 3 3/8

Find 100% if ¾ is 60 { = 80

Solve 2 3/4 – 1 5/8 { = 1 1/8

5/6 of half an hour (in minutes) { = 25 minutes

A pencil case is half full, 4 pencils are added and it is now 2/3 full. How many pencils a full pencil case contain? { =24 pencils

The End { Congratulations to the winners!