Fractions I Pretest

What is  $\frac{40}{48}$ in it's simplest form?  

•  $\frac{20}{24}$  

•  $\frac{6}{8}$  

•  $\frac{5}{6}$  

•  $\frac{8}{8}$  

What is  $\frac{4}{5}$  when written as a decimal?

• 0.45

• 0.4

• 0.8

• 1.25

What is  $\frac{15}{4}$  when written as a mixed number?

•  $3\frac{3}{4}$  

•  $2\frac{2}{4}$  

•  $\frac{7.5}{2}$  

•  $4\frac{1}{4}$  

Donald wants to lay brick down for his patio using gray and white bricks of the same size. He will use 32 bricks in all, 15 gray and 17 white. What fraction of the bricks will be white?

• $\frac{15}{32}$

• $\frac{15}{17}$

• $\frac{17}{32}$

• $\frac{17}{15}$

Which fraction represents the point on the number line?

• $\frac{4}{7}$

• $\frac{5}{8}$

• $\frac{5}{7}$

• $\frac{7}{8}$

Which situation can be represented by the fraction  $\frac{3}{4}$  ?

• Cam painted 3 walls out of a total of 4. What fraction of the walls did Cam paint?

• Jules uses 4 yards of yarn to make 3 crafts. How many yards of yarn are in each craft?

• Four people rake 3 yards, each raking the same amount. What fraction of the yard does each person rake?

• Four oranges are divided into 3 portions. How many oranges are in each portion?

Taylor wants to make a collage out of photographs. He will use 17 photographs in all, 12 black-and-white and 5 color. What fraction of the photographs will be color?

• $\frac{5}{17}$

• $\frac{12}{17}$

• $\frac{17}{5}$

• $\frac{17}{12}$

Which two fractions are equivalent to  $\frac{2}{9}$  ?

•  $\frac{7}{45}\ \ ,\ \ \frac{4}{18}$  

•  $\frac{8}{36}\ \ ,\ \ \frac{10}{81}\ \$  

•  $\frac{14}{63}\ \ ,\ \ \frac{24}{72}$  

•  $\frac{8}{36}\ \ ,\ \ \frac{12}{54}$  

Using the table, on which two days did Cory’s class spend the same amount of time painting a mural?

• Friday and Saturday

• Friday and Sunday

• Thursday and Saturday

• Thursday and Sunday

Ninety-Two out of 138 students knew that Illinois was nicknamed the Prairie State. What fraction of the students knew the nickname?

• $\frac{1}{3}$

• $\frac{4}{9}$

• $\frac{2}{3}$

• $\frac{5}{8}$