Improper Fractions

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1.
Which fraction is improper?
1. a) $\frac{3}{8}$
2. b) $\frac{1}{2}$
3. c) $\frac{9}{7}$
4. d) $\frac{5}{9}$
2.
A cake is cut into 4 equal pieces. From two identical cakes you take 7 pieces. Write this amount as a fraction of one cake.
3.
A chocolate bar has 6 equal pieces. Tom eats 8 pieces from two identical bars. What fraction of one bar did he eat?
4.
Which fraction is equal to 1?
1. a) $\frac{1}{6}$
2. b) $\frac{5}{6}$
3. c) $\frac{6}{6}$
4. d) $\frac{6}{5}$
5.
What whole number is $\frac{6}{3}$ equal to?
6.
Write the whole number 2 as a fraction with denominator 4: $2 = \frac{\square}{4}$ . What number goes in the box?
7.
Where is $\frac{5}{4}$ on the number line?
1. a)Exactly at 1
2. b)Between 1 and 2
3. c)Between 2 and 3
4. d)Between 0 and 1
8.
$\frac{7}{3}$ lies between two whole numbers. Find the smaller one.
9.
Which improper fraction is equal to a whole number?
1. a) $\frac{12}{3}$
2. b) $\frac{9}{6}$
3. c) $\frac{10}{4}$
4. d) $\frac{7}{2}$
10.
Write the whole number 3 as a fraction with denominator 4: $3 = \frac{\square}{4}$ . What number goes in the box?
11.
Find the value of $\frac{15}{5}$ . Is it a whole number?
12.
What is the smallest whole number you can put in the box so that $\frac{\square}{7}$ is an improper fraction?
13.
At a party, every pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. The guests eat 19 slices. What fraction of a pizza did they eat?
14.
How far past 1 is $\frac{9}{5}$ on the number line? Give the answer as a fraction.
15.
Which fraction is the greatest?
1. a) $\frac{8}{8}$
2. b) $\frac{11}{12}$
3. c) $\frac{3}{2}$
4. d) $\frac{12}{11}$
16.
How many fractions with denominator 4 (like $\frac{5}{4}$ ) lie between 1 and 2, not counting 1 and 2 themselves?
17.
Which is greater: $\frac{13}{6}$ or $\frac{9}{4}$ ? Enter the greater fraction.
18.
Find the smallest improper fraction with denominator 5 that is greater than 2.