America’s Most Wanted…Fraction Style

Each student will create a “Most Wanted” poster for two fractions.

  1. Circle your birthday and the fraction next to it. This will be your first fraction.

Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / June
July / Aug / Sept / Oct / Nov / Dec
  1. Now select one of the following fractions to be your second fraction. Make sure the fraction you choose has a different denominator than your first fraction. Also, make sure the two fractions add up to more than one whole. You may not choose a fraction whose denominators are the same.

3
4 / 4
5 / 5
6 / 7
8 / 5
8 / 9
10 / 7
10 / 11
12 / 13
15 / 11
15 / 6
8 / 8
10 / 9
12 / 10
12 / 2
3 / 6
15 / 4
12 / 8
20

The following items are required on the poster.

Requirement / Pts Possible
1. Title!
Have you seen these Fractions? WANTED! $10,000 Reward! Extremely Dangerous! / 5pts
2./3. Fraction Suspects Written with Numbers and Words!
3/4 (three-fourths) and 2/5 (two-fifths) / 10pts
4. Fraction Mug Shots!
Three pictures of each fraction: one with area model, one with length model, one with group model / 20pts
5. Fraction Aliases!
Three equivalent fractions to each suspect / 10pts
6. Fraction Friends (known to be close to the suspects)!
List two fractions a little less than each suspect and two fractions a little more than each suspect. Three of the fractions must have different denominators than the original fraction. / 10pts
7. Fraction Families!
Find the LCD for the two fractions. Both fractions are members of the family with the denominator that you find. Using your family names, state who is the older, bigger brother and who is the little, younger sister. Draw a mug shot for each fraction using its family name (use the group or area model). Finally, list at least three other family members with the same denominator. / 15pts
8. A Dangerous Combination!
If you should see these two suspects together they may look like this…Add the two fractions and give the answer as both a mixed number in simplest form and an improper fraction. / 15pts
9. A Getaway With a “Takeaway”!
Using the larger of the two fractions, write a brief story about how it may have been hurt recently robbing a bank and could have lost some value (make up a smaller fraction with a different denominator). Subtract the new fraction from the suspect to show what it may now look like in number form, as well as a new mug shot (group or area model). / 15pts
1. Title
2./3. Fraction #1
in number and words / 2./3. Fraction #2
in number and words
4. Mug Shots of Fraction #1 / 4. Mug Shots of Fraction #2
5. Aliases of Fraction #1 / 5. Aliases of Fraction #2
6. Friends of Fraction #1 / 6. Friends of Fraction #2
7. Fraction Families
8. A Dangerous Combination
9. A Getaway With a “Takeaway”