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1/4 + 11/12
What is 1 1/6
6/7 x 2/5
What is 12/35
What is 1/3 + 1/9?
4/9
5/6 X 8/4
What is 5/3; 40/24
Alicia had 3 1/8 feet of wood and used 1 3/4 feet. Estimate the amount of wood Alicia has left.
What is 1 foot?
Eduardo has a recipe that uses 2/3 cup of flour for each batch. If he makes 4 batches, how many cups of flour will he need?
What is 2 2/3 cups of flour?
Tim has 5/12 of a jar of blackberry jam and 3/8 of a jar of strawberry jam. What is the total amount of jam Tim has?
What is 19/24 of a jar?
Ted and his friends are rolling out clay for art class. Ted rolled out his clay until it was 2 feet long. Noah rolled out his clay 3/5 as long as Ted's clay. Jeannine rolled out her clay until it was 1 1/2 times as long as Ted's clay. Miles rolled out his clay 5/5 as long as Ted's clay.
Without completing the multiplication, whose clay is longer than Ted's clay? How can you tell?
What is Jeannine's clay is longer?
Since 1 1/2 is greater than 1, 2 times 1 1/2 will be greater than 2.
Maria needs 2 1/4 yards of fabric. She already has 1 3/8 yards. How many more yards of fabric does Maria have to buy?
What is 7/8 yards of fabric?
Ted and his friends are rolling out clay for art class. Ted rolled out his clay until it was 2 feet long. Noah rolled out his clay 3/5 as long as Ted's clay. Jeannine rolled out her clay until it was 1 1/2 times as long as Ted's clay. Miles rolled out his clay 5/5 as long as Ted's clay.
Who's clay is shorter? Explain.
Noah's clay is shorter. Since 3/5 is less than 1, 2 times 3/5 will be less than 2.