Sarah and Mike have 59 ounces of almonds. They want to share these almonds equally with each other and 6 more friends. The number of ounces of almonds each person will get is between which two whole numbers?
6 and 7
Janice runs 1 1/2 a mile each day for 6 days each week in preparartion for her school's annual marathon. How many miles does she run this week?
9 miles
Jake has 1/2 a pound of Strawberries. He wants to equally put them in 7 small ziplock back. What fraction of strawberries will be in each bag?
1/14
What is the sum of 1 1/2 and 3 2/3?
5 1/6
Trey had 7/8 cups of strawberries to bake a small strawberry cream pie. If he only used 1/2 a cup, how much strawberries does he have left?
3/8
A bill at a restaurant for $28 needs to be evenly split between 5 people.
What is the fraction that represents the amount of money that each person will pay?
28/5 or 5 3/5
Bob's mom baked 7 huge pies for a bake sale at his school. Bob sold 4/5 of the pies and gave away the rest. What fraction of pies did Bob give away?
7/5 or 1 2/5 pies were given away
Danielle bought 12 slices of cheese at the deli. The total weight of the cheese she bought was 1/4 pound. What is the weight of each slice of cheese?
1/48 pound
Zac like running as a form of exercise. He ran 2 4/5 miles on Monday and 1 1/3 miles on Tuesday. What is his total miles run for both days?
4 2/15 miles
Marcia's mom ordered 5 whole cakes for her birthday party. 15/4 of the cakes weres shared for the kids and another 1/3 was given to adults. How much cake remains after the party ends?
11/12
Four students write the expression 3 ÷ 8 as a fraction. Akemi writes 8/3, Jack writes 4/8, Lilly writes 3/8, and Steve writes 8/4. Who is correct?
Lilly
Tanya read 1/4 of her favorite novel in three days. If there are 220 pages in the book, how many pages did Tanya read over the three days?
55 pages
Don and his four cousins pick 16 small baskets of cranberries. They divide the baskets of cranberries evenly among them. How many baskets of cranberries does each person get?
3 1/5 baskets
Becky bought 3/8 pound of turkey and 1/4 pound of cheese. She says that the combined weight of the turkey and cheese she bought was more than 1 pound. Is her conclusion reasonable? Why?
No. Her conclusion is not reasonable.
3/8 + 1/4 is less than 1 pound.
Craig started the day with 11/12 of a carton of eggs in his refrigerator. After making breakfast, Craig had 1/3 of a carton remaining. What fraction of the carton was used to make breakfast?
11/12 - 1/3 = 7/12
Jason spent 5 hours during the weekend practicing his 3 sports activities. He spent an equal amount of time on each activity. How long did he spend on each activity?
1 2/3 hours for each activity
Nathan cuts out pieces of fabric for a quilt that are 3 1/3 inches long and 2 1/4 inches wide. What is the area of each piece?
7 1/2 square inches
Marie makes bows for floral arrangements. She uses 2/3 yard of ribbon for each bow. How many bows can she make from 36 yards of ribbon?
54 bows
Marcus jogged 1 2/5 miles on Saturday and 9/10 mile on Sunday. How many miles did he jog over the weekend?
1 2/5 + 9/10 = 2 3/10 miles
Mrs. Ling baked 5 pies for a bake sale. During the morning, she sold pies. During the afternoon, she sold
pies. How many pies does she have remaining?
pies.
In an office building, 3 people from a cleaning service have to clean 8 rooms. They want to split the number of rooms equally.
What fraction represents the number of rooms each person will clean?
8/3 or 2 2/3
A painting in an art gallery has the dimensions 3 1/2 by 7 1/3 feet. Calculate its area.
25 2/3 square feet.
Last month, Danni spent 6 hours at the batting cages hitting baseballs. She was at the batting cages for 1/3 hour each time she went. How many times did she go to the batting cages last month?
6 ÷ 1/3 = 18
Four students worked together to complete a group project for science class. The fraction of the work done by each student is shown below.
Tyra 1/5 Erin 11/45
Angie 2/9 Wendy 1/3
Which two students completed 5/9 of the project?
Angie and Wendy
Devon measures and records his height every year. This year, as a fifth grader, his height is feet. He has grown
feet since he was in second grade. What was Devon’s height when he was in second grade?
feet
or 3 3/6 feet