Fraction Story Problems
Mrs. Borovina has 5 1/5 Labubus, but she wants 9 1/2 total. How many more Labubus does she need?
Simplify 8/7
1 and 1/7
3 and 4/6 is an example of a ____________
Mixed Number
Sam had a candy bar. She ate 3/12 and gave away 1/8. How much does she have left?
She has 14/24 or 7/8 of her candy bar left.
8 1/4 + 8 5/6
17 1/12
Simplify 10/14
5/7
12/7 is an example of an _______________.
improper fraction
Mikayla has 8 7/9 feet of fabric to make a pants. She needs 2 2/3 feet of fabric to make a shirt. How much total fabric will she use for the pants and shirt?
Mikayla will need 11 12/27 feet of fabric for the pants and shirt.
8 4/6 + 4 3/5
13 4/15 or 13 8/30
17 - 8 2/3
8 1/3
Simplify 14/3
4 and 2/3
Fractions must have the same _________ before adding or subtracting. (Hint: This is the 1st step when adding or subtracting fractions)
denominator
Lawrence planted tomato seeds on 10 5/6 of the garden. Kiesha planted lettuce seeds on 8 14/15 of the garden. How much of the garden did both of them use?
They both used 19 23/30 of the garden to plant their seeds.
5/6 - 2/12
2/3 or 8/12
1/3 of 45
15
Simplify 24/75
8/25
Use __________ fractions after finding the common denominator before adding or subtracting. (Hint: This is the 2nd step when adding or subtracting fractions)
equivalent
There are 67 6-7's at the Number School, but half of them are being sent to the chop shop to be turned into different numbers. How many 6-7s will be left?
33 1/2 will be left.
5/6 -1/3
3/6 or 1/2
1/6 x 85
(remember what the x means for multiplication)
14
Simplify 21/98
3/14
The 5th grade makes up _____ of all of the grade levels at Meridian Park. (as a fraction)
1/6