Fractions!

Here are the problems the students started solving for math today.  During the class discussion, a handful of students came up in front of the classroom and shared their thinking.  The photograph shows Julian pointing to where 1 whole would be on this number line.  He explained to the class why he knew it would belong in this position.  

One-fifth of the dogs above have been sprayed by a skunk.  How many of these dogs have been sprayed by a skunk?  

Two-thirds of these dogs have had fleas.  How many of these dogs have had fleas?

Write your own fraction problem for the problem above.

Draw an eight inch line.  Divide this line into eight equal parts.  Place a 0 at the first tick mark and a 1 at the last tick mark.  Label the rest of your line with fractions.  Circle the fraction that is equivalent to ½.

Draw another eight inch line. Divide this line into eight equal parts.  Place a 0 at the first tick mark and a 2 at the last tick mark.  Label the rest of your line with fractions.