Mopping Math
On Monday, Mark the mopping mop mopped 1/5 square meters. On Tuesday, Mark the mopping mop mopped 3/4 square meters. How many square meters did he mop in all? (Don't forget to put a label! Ex. 2/3 square meters)
19/20 square meters
The Dancing Dogs are performing the concert in 3/4 of an hour. How many minutes is this? (1 hour = 60 minutes and don't forget to put a label! Ex. 1 minute)
45 minutes
Sixteen of 3/4 of the fish went to Lake Medea. How many fish were left behind? (Don't forget a label! Ex. 100 fish)
4 fish
A bag of chips costs $5.50. William bought gummy worms for 2/5 of that number. How much did the gummy worms cost? (Don't forget a label! Ex. $30.01)
$2.20
5 1/5 + 7/12 + 2 3/4 (Keep it in simplest form if needed! Ex. 4 4/5)
15 8/15
Out of 100 mops, 4/5 of the mops were taken to Bob's Mops. How many mops are left? (Don't forget to put a label and keep it in simplest form if needed! Ex. 1/2 mops)
20 mops
The dancing dogs take 1/4 of an hour for the morning show, 4/5 of an hour for the afternoon show, and 2/6 of an hour for the evening show. How long does it take in total for the morning show and the evening show in hours? (Write in hours if there are no hours write the minutes over 60. Ex. 4/5. If there are hours but minutes too, write the hours as a whole number then the minutes over 60. Ex. 4 1/2 and don't forget to put a label and keep it in simplest form if needed! Ex. 1/2 of an hour)
7/12 of an hour
Three thousand fish are swimming in Lake Ithaca. 1/5 of the fish went to a swimming pool. 3/20 out of them were sent to a community. How many fish were left at Lake Ithaca? (Don't forget a label! Ex. 100 fish)
1050 fish
The cashier gave $4.52 as change. Mark paid 2 3/4 of that number. How much did Mark pay? (Don't forget a label! Ex. $30.01)
$12.43
9 3/16 - 6 2/5 - 1 (Keep it in simplest form if needed! Ex. 4 4/5)
7/16
Carl bought 35 mops. Jack bought 4/5 more mops than Carl. How many mops did Jack buy? (Don't forget to put a label and keep it in simplest form if needed! Ex. 1/2 mops)
28 mops
The Dancing Dogs have 8 dogs in the group. Only 3/4 of the group is coming to the next show. How many dogs will be there? (Don't forget to put a label! Ex. 30 dogs)
6 dogs
90 fish went back to their home, Ithaca. 218/545 of them went to their new homes. How many did not go to their new homes? Write as a fraction and keep it in simplest form. (Don't forget a label! Ex. 1/2 fish)
3/5 fish
Marcus had $4.50. His friend Danny gave him 5 1/10 of that amount. How much does Marcus have in all now? (Don't forget a label! Ex. $30.01)
$27.45
1/7 × 14/13 × 1 3/14 (Keep it in simplest form if needed! Ex. 4 4/5)
17/91
John divided his 270 mops with 1/3 of that number in each group. How many brooms were in each group? (Don't forget to put a label and keep it in simplest form if needed! Ex. 1/2 mops)
90 mops
1/4 members of the Dancing Dogs are going to the Dodgers vs Giants game. 1/2 of the dogs are going to the park. The rest are going to see a movie. If there are 12 members in the group, how many dogs are going to the movies as a fraction? (Don't forget to put a label and keep it in simplest form if needed! Ex. 1/2 of the group)
1/4 of the group
90 people are trying to find fish. Their goal is to catch 150 fish. If they caught 2 7/10 of this number, how many fish did each person catch if they split the fish evenly? (If the number is a decimal, round to the nearest whole number, and don't forget a label! Ex. 100 fish)
5 fish
Jake had $19. He used 13/20 of it. How much money does he have left? (Don't forget a label! Ex. $30.01)
$6.65
4/15 ÷ 3 1/3 ÷ 5 (Keep it in simplest form if needed! Ex. 4 4/5)
2/25
2/3 × 7/2(2 - 1) + 7 (Keep it in simplest form if needed! Ex. 4 4/5)
9 1/3
2/3 ÷ 3/4 + 12/3 - 1 × 1/3 (Keep it in simplest form if needed! Ex. 4 4/5)
3 8/27
17/20 × 10/17 + 4/19 -(-4/5) ÷ 7 (Keep it in simplest form if needed! Ex. 4 4/5)
211/665
1/2 + 7 - 8/35 × 4 2/3 ÷ 10/19 (Keep it in simplest form if needed! Ex. 4 4/5)
79/150
{4/5 -[-(-7/8) + 6/13]} ÷ 2 3/16 × 5 3/10 (Don't put a comma if it goes to the thousands and keep it in simplest form if needed! Ex. 4 4/5)
7367/8775