Operations with fractions
What is 3/8 + 2/8?
5/8
Which is greater: 3/8 or 5/8?
5/8
What is an equivalent fraction for 1/2?
Possible answers: 2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10
Sarah has 4 boxes of pencils. Each box contains 6 pencils. How many pencils does she have in all?
24 pencils
Which is greater: 0.6 or 0.8?
0.8
What is 5/9 − 3/9?
2/9
Which is smaller: 7/12 or 9/12?
7/12
What is the simplest form of 6/8?
3/4
There are 36 students in the class. If they are divided into 9 equal groups, how many students are in each group?
4 students
What is 3.45 + 2.25?
5.70
What is 1/4 + 1/2?
3/4
Which is greater: 3/4 or 5/6?
5/6
What is an equivalent fraction for 3/5?
Possible answer: 6/10
A farmer has 15 apple trees. Each tree produces 8 apples. How many apples does the farmer have in total?
120 apples
What is 5.9 − 3.4?
2.5
What is 3/4 − 1/2?
1/4
Lisa has 3/6 of a chocolate bar, and her brother has 2/4 of a chocolate bar. Who has more chocolate?
They have the same amount.
If 4/6 of a pizza is eaten, what simplified fraction is left?
2/3
A baker has 47 cupcakes. She wants to pack them into boxes that each hold 6 cupcakes. How many boxes can she fill, and how many cupcakes will be left over?
7 in each box and 5 left over
Sara has $5.50. She buys a book for $2.75. How much money does she have left?
$2.75
ack had 4 3/4 hours to work on his project. He worked for 2 1/2 hours on Monday and 1 1/4 hours on Tuesday. How much time does he have left to work on his project?
1 hour
Which is greater: 2 2/3 or 2 5/6?
2 5/6
A recipe calls for 4/6 cup of sugar. You only have a 1/3 cup measuring cup. How many 1/3 cups will you need to use?
2
There are 28 students in the class. Each student buys 3 tickets to the school play. After the play, each student returns 2 tickets. How many tickets are returned in total?
56 tickets
Michael is building a model. He cuts two pieces of wood. The first piece is 4.5 meters long, and the second piece is 3.75 meters long. He needs to subtract 2.2 meters to fit the pieces. How long are the remaining pieces?
6.05 meters