How Do You Get 27 Kids to C a Statue? Find your answer for each exercise at the bottom of the page and write the letter of the exercise above it. (Do not reduce answers.)

I. Write a fraction for the part that is shaded.

Write a fraction for the part named.

shaded unshaded shaded unshaded shaded unshaded

TOPIC 2-a: Meaning of Fractions: of a Region or Set

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What Did the Boy Snake Say to the Girl Snake? Write a fraction for the length of the bar above each number line. Find your answer at the bottom of the page and write the letter of the exercise above it.

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TOPIC 2-b: of Fractions: A Length on the Number Line

How Do You Turn a Banana into a Vegetable? Divide each number line as indicated. Then locate the given numbers. Write the letter of each exercise above the number line at the corresponding point.

halves I I I

0 1 2 3

thirds I I I I I

0 1 2 3

fourths I I I I I

0 1 2 3

fifths I I I I

0 1 2 3

TOPIC 2-c: Meaning of Fractions: A Point on the Number Line

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at Is Rock Roll? For each exercise, write or = in the Circle the appropriate number-letter. Write the letter in the matching numbered box at the bottom of the page.

MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH PIZZAZZ! BOOK C Creative Publications TOPIC 2-d: Comparing Fractions to

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at Did the aid Do on Saturday Night?

I. Circle the fraction that tells about how much of each bar is shaded.

Circle the fraction that matches the description given.

1 TOPIC 2-e: Fractions Close to and

10. Close to

13. Close to

16. Close to

1 19. Less than

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1 11. Close to

1 14. Close to

1 17. Close to

1 20. More than

12. Close to 1

15. Close to 1

18. Close to 1

21. Less than 1

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