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Scavenger hunt

1. What is a fraction? What is the name of the two parts of a fraction?


http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/number/fractions_basic/read/2/

2. Who originally invented fractions and why? https://www.youtube.com/watch?


v=rWt8hV0FJ5E

3. What are the three types of fractions? Define each. http://www.math-onlymath.com/Types-of-Fractions.html

4. How do you convert a decimal into a fraction out of 100?


http://ed101.bu.edu/StudentDoc/current/ED101sp13/idelsons/idelsons/fractions-decimalsand-percents.html

5. What is the difference between a proper and improper fraction?


http://ed101.bu.edu/StudentDoc/current/ED101fa12/mlevi93/mlevi93/proper-vsimproper.html

6. True or False. 7/5 is a proper fraction. Why?


7. How do you simplify a fraction? http://www.mathsisfun.com/simplifying-fractions.html

8. True or False. 4/8 (four-eighths) can be simplified into 1/2 (half)?


9. Watch the short video below. What are some ways that we use fractions in everyday life?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s4KfVzw7

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