Using the numbers 3, 5, and 8, can you write nine proper fractions and nine improper fractions? You may use each number only once within a fraction. Name the numerator and the denominator in each fraction.
a. 11⁄12
b. 7⁄512
c. 12⁄10
d. 0⁄78

Indicate whether each of the following fractions is proper or improper.
a. 4⁄16
b. 75⁄70
c. 2⁄15
d. 6⁄6

Insert the greater than, less than, or equal sign (>, <, or =) to make each statement true.
a. 45⁄45 1
b. 1 6⁄3
c. 2⁄7 1
d. 64⁄23 1

Kim ate 3⁄10 of a bag of potato chips; Sandy ate 3⁄7 of a bag; and Jeff ate 3⁄9 of a bag. Who ate the most, Kim, Jeff, or Sandy?

Sharon divides a meatloaf into elevenths. How many elevenths equals the whole meatloaf?

Jo divides a candy bar into eight equal pieces for her children to share. She gives three pieces to Sam, three pieces to Leslie, and two pieces to Maggie. Rose, the two-month-old baby, doesn’t get any. What fractions show how much candy each of the four children got?

Paula, a college student, earned $3,600 one summer. During the following semester, she spent $2,500 for tuition, $650 for rent, and $430 for food. The rest went for miscellaneous expenses. What fractions show the amounts Paula spent on tuition, rent, food, and miscellaneous expenses?

Define fraction.

Rewrite the following fractions as division problems.
a. 7⁄11
b. 5⁄2
c. 9⁄10
d. 7⁄15

Change each improper fraction into an equal mixed number.
a. 15⁄4
b. 41⁄9
c. 67⁄8
d. 135⁄11
e. 107⁄20
f. 493⁄174

Change each mixed number into an equal improper fraction.
a. 17⁄16
b. 115⁄9
c. 305⁄7
d. 1010⁄13
e. 243⁄5
f. 1291⁄2

If Maria buys 2 pounds of cherries, Jerry buys 4 pounds, and Sarah buys 7⁄9 of a pound, how many pounds did they buy altogether?

Define mixed number.