10.4 Draw a Diagram

Anessa and a classmate have 8 insects in a jar. Four-eighths of the insects are beetles. One is a firefly and the rest are crickets. What fraction of the insects are crickets?

Six students brought their pet to school on Pet Day. Three of the pets were dogs and  $\frac{1}{6}$  were cats. The rest of the pets were birds. What fraction of the pets were birds?

Allie is playing with jacks. She tosses 8 jacks on the floor. She bounces the ball and picks up 5 jacks before the ball drops. What fraction of the jacks did Allie NOT pick up?

Of the 4 houses on the block, 2 are brick and 1 is wood. What fraction of the houses is neither wood nor brick?

Two out of the three students in the Reading Club wear glasses. Write the fraction in words to describe the set of students who wear glasses.

• one-third

• two-thirds

• three-thirds

There are 6 books. Three-sixths of the books are Willow's. One belongs to Brian. The other books belong to Mr. Peterson. How many books belong to Mr. Peterson?

_____ books

There are an equal number of student desks in Classrooms A and B. Joe washed one-half of the desks in Room A. Tom washed three-fourths of the desks in Room B. Which person washed more desks?

• Joe

• Tom

Matthew downloaded six songs from the internet. One-half of the songs were country songs. How many songs were not country songs?

___ songs

Beth gets on the elevator at the sixth floor. She rides up three floors to meet Doris. They ride down seven floors to meet Julio. How many floors is Beth from where she started?

____ floors

Four students are standing in line. Evan is ahead of Kam. Chad is behind Kam. Tara is behind Evan. What is the order in which they are standing from front to back in line?

• Evan, Kam, Chad, Tara

• Evan, Chad, Tara, Kam

• Evan, Tara, Kam, Chad