Monarch Butterfly Garden Fractions

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🦋 Part 1: Finding Fractions in the Butterfly Garden

1. In a garden, there are 8 monarch butterflies. 3 of them are resting on milkweed flowers. What fraction of the butterflies are on milkweed?

3/8

3/5

5/8

8/3

2. A butterfly garden has 12 monarch butterflies. If 4 are feeding and the rest are flying, what fraction are flying?

4/12

8/12

1/3

2/3

3. There are 10 butterflies in the garden. 6 are orange and black monarchs, and 4 are other types. What fraction represents the monarch butterflies?

4/10

6/10

6/4

10/6

4. In a row of 9 monarch butterflies, 2 are male (with black spots) and 7 are female. What fraction are male butterflies?

Answer: _______

✏️ Part 2: Butterfly Garden Problems

5. A monarch butterfly garden has 15 flowers. Butterflies are visiting 9 of them. Write the fraction of flowers being visited, then simplify it if possible.

6. During migration, 20 monarch butterflies stop in a garden. 5 leave in the morning, 8 leave at midday, and the rest stay overnight. What fraction stayed overnight? Show your working.

7. A butterfly enthusiast counts monarchs in her garden each day:
• Monday: 6 butterflies
• Tuesday: 9 butterflies
• Wednesday: 15 butterflies

On which day did monarchs make up 3/5 of the total butterflies if there were 24 butterflies altogether that day?

8. Create your own butterfly garden fraction problem using the numbers 16 and 12. Write the problem and solve it.