Manda bought 3 1/4 yards of red fabric and 2 3/8 yards of yellow fabric. How many yards of fabric did she buy in all?
a 5 4/12
b 5 4/8
c 5 5/8
d 6
c 5 5/8
Gabby has 3/5 pounds of candy and 9/10 pounds of nuts. How many more pounds of nuts than candy does Gabby have?
a 3/10 pound
b 4/10 pound
c 6/5 pounds
d 3/2 pounds
a) 3/10 pound
Dianne, Frank, Katrina, and Mattie equally shared 155 centimeters of ribbon. How much ribbon did each person receive?
a 38 3/4 centimeters
b 38 centimeters
c 36 3/4 centimeters
d 38/155 centimeters
38 3/4 centimeters
In science class, 2/3 of the students have a sister. Of the students who have a sister, 1/2 have a brother. Which model shows the fraction of students that have both a sister and a brother?
Jenna reads that most of the 800,000 species of insects go through metamorphosis. Only about 1/8 do not. About how many species of insects do not go through metamorphosis?
a 150,000
b 100,000
c. 700,000
d 560,000
Lydia has two glasses of water.
- One glass contains 1 3/4 cups of water
- The other glass contains 1 3/8 cups of water
How much water does Lydia have altogether?
3 1/8 cups of water
A package contained 3 9/10 pounds of cheese. Then Jessica used 1 4/5 pounds from the package. About how much cheese is left?
a 2 1/2 pounds
b 1 pound
c 1 1/2 pounds
d 2 pounds
d 2 pounds of cheese
There are 7 apple pies
- All of the pies are the same size
- 3 people will share the pies equally
How much pie will each person get?
7/3 of a whole pie
The distance of the city's new bike trail is 3 1/3 miles. Pedro rode around the rail 3 1/2 times. About how far did he travel?
a 7 miles
b 9 miles
c 12 miles
d 16 miles
c 12 miles
a 1/24 of a full bottle
b 6/4 of a full bottle
c 1/6 of a full bottle
d 1/5 of a full bottle
a 1/24 of a full bottle
A chef used 4 5/6 cups of flour to make bread and 2 1/3 cups of flour to make muffins. How much flour did the chef use altogether?
7 1/6 cups
Christa had 5 1/6 pounds of grapes. She ate 3 11/12 pounds of them. How many pounds of grapes does she have left?
1 1/4 pounds of grapes
A group of 8 people picked apples at an orchard.
- The group picked a total of 5 bushels of apples
- Then they decided to share the apples equally
What amount of apples, in bushels, did each person get?
5/8 bushel of apples
On a math test, 3/4 of the questions are multiple choice. Of those, 1/3 of the questions ask about fractions. What part of the test are multiple choice questions that ask about fractions?
1/4 of the test
Vivian runs laps on a track. One lap is equal to one-fifth of a mile. How many laps must Vivian run to go a total distance of two miles?
10 laps
Eddie used 2 3/8 cups of chocolate chips and 1 1/4 cups of butterscotch chips in his cookies. How many cups of chips did Edward use altogether?
3 5/8 cups of chips
Josh has 13 1/5 pounds of flour. He will use 7 9/10 pounds. How much flour will Josh have left?
5 3/10 pounds of flour
Kara walked a total distance of 18 miles in 4 hours. She walked the same distance every hour. How many miles did Kara walk in each hour?
4 1/2 miles each hour
- Each of the students chose either fruit punch or lemonade to drink
- One-fifth of the students chose fruit punch
How many students chose lemonade?
60 students
Bethany has three empty bookshelves to fill. Each book takes up 1/5 of a shelf. How many books will it take to fill the shelves?
15 books to fill the shelves
A cookie recipe requires 1/3 cup of white sugar and 3/4 cup of brown sugar. How many cups of sugar are required to make 2 batches of cookies?
2 1/6 cups of sugar
Julie went to a school fair. She spent 3/8 of her money on food, 1/2 of her money on games, and the rest on rides. What fraction of her money did Julie spend on rides?
1/8 of her money was spent on rides
A group of 8 people ordered pizzas.
- All of the pizzas were the same size
- The pizzas were shared equally among the 8 people in the group
- Each person got 3 /4 of a pizza
How many pizzas did the group order?
6
Sally purchased 24 pencils
- 1/8 of the pencils are blue
- 1/6 of the pencils are red
How many pencils are neither blue nor red?
17
Mrs. Johnson cut a pizza into three equal sections. She gave each of her four children the same amount of one of the sections. What part of the whole pizza did Mrs. Johnson give to each of her children?
1/12 of the pizza