Adding Fractions
What is 11/12 - 5/12?
6/12 or 1/2
Evaluate the expression.
3 2/12 + 2 4/12.
5 6/12
What is 1 8/10 + 4/10?
2 2/10 or 22/10
Keng bought a box of fruit that weighed 23/24 kilograms. If he gave away 19/24 kilograms of fruit to his friends, how many kilograms does he have left?
4/24
A full garbage truck weighed 23/10 tons. After dumping the garbage, the truck weighed 8/10 tons. What was the weight of the garbage? BONUS: Write your answer as a mixed number.
15/10 = 1 5/10 tons
A recipe called for using 1 ¹⁄₄ cups of flour before baking and another 6 ⁶⁄₈ cups after baking. What is the total amount of flour needed in the recipe?
7 8/8 = 8 cups of flour
or
7 4/4= 8 cups of flour