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Number and Operations — Fractions
4.NF.3
Lesson 10
Mixed Numbers
and Improper
Fractions
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Kelsey made 2 pitchers of lemonade. Each pitcher holds 6 cups.
She poured 4 cups of lemonade from one pitcher. What fraction of
the lemonade is left?
One Way Count the wholes and the parts.
1
_
6
1
_
6
1
_
6
1
_
6
1
_
6
⎭
⎬
⎫
1
If 4 cups of lemonade are poured from
one pitcher, then there is 1 full pitcher left
and 2 cups remaining in the other pitcher.
⎫
⎬
⎭
1
_
6
1
_
6
1
_
6
+
2
_
6
2
1_
6
=
Another Way Count the parts.
⎫
1
_
6
1
_
6
1
_
6
1
_
6
1
_
6
1
_
6
1
_
6
1
_
6
8
⎬ _
6
⎭
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2
So, there are 1_ , or _ , pitchers of lemonade left.
6
6
Practice
Write a mixed number and an improper fraction for
each shaded model.
1.
2.
Lesson 10 My Homework547
Write a mixed number and an improper fraction for each model.
3.
4.
3
5. Draw a model to write 2_
5
as an improper fraction.
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6. Draw a model to write _
4
as a mixed number.
Problem Solving
13
Use Number Sense Ana walked _
miles.
2
7.
3
13
Write _ as a mixed number.
3
4
4
8. There are 5_ cups of milk left in a carton. Write 5_ as an
5
5
improper fraction.
Vocab
10
9. Is _ an improper fraction? Explain.
3
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Practice
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10. Amelia needs 3_ cups of sugar to make cupcakes.
3
Which improper fraction names this amount?
A
B
5
_
cups
3
8
_
cups
3
C
D
11
_
cups
3
18
_
cups
3
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