Adding Fractions
1/4 + 2/5
13/20
How can I split 1/3 into 2 equal parts?
1/6
3/4 - 1/3
5/12
1.5
0.5 X 3
1.5
Mary runs 3/8 miles to school and 3/4 miles home. How many miles did she run all together?
9/8 or 1 1/8
A relay team ran 3 miles. Each person only ran 1/3 mile. How many people are on the team?
9
Macey spent 3/4 hour exercising and 1/2 hour playing soccer. How much longer did she exercise than play soccer?
1/4
1.75 - 0.81
0.84
0.8 X 0.4
0.32
Name two fractions that when added together have a sum greater than 1
5/6 + 3/4 = 16/12 0r 1 4/12
7 divided by 1/6
42
2/3 - 5/12
3/12 or 1/4
Sandy said that 0.38 - 0.2 is 0.36. Explain the error in her reasoning. Explain how to correct the error.
She subtracted the 2 in the tenths place from the 8 in the hundredths place. She should have subtracted the 2 from the 3 in the tenths place. The correct answer is 0.18
A teacher bought 6 boxes of clay for an art project. Each box weighs 1.4 ounces. How many ounces of clay did she buy?
8.4
1 2/3 + 2 5/7
92/21 or 4 8/21
Kara made 1/6 pint of lemonade. She wanted to share her lemonade with three of her friends. How much lemonade would each girl get in their glass?
1/24
1 3/5 - 1 1/2
1/10
Derick bought 1.2 pounds of ham, 5.6 pounds of turkey, and 3.42 pounds of roast beef. How many pounds of meat did he buy?
10.22 pounds
1.3 X 0.5
0.65
Rachel has 1 5/8 cups of sugar in a bowl. She had 3/5 cups left, but needed 4 cups to make her cake. Does she have enough? If not, how much would she have?
No, she would have 2 9/40 cups or 2 3/20
Jessica wants a doll house. Her drawing is 1/4 of the size of the actual doll house she wants. If her drawing shows the ceiling being 12 inches tall, how tall with the actual doll house be?
48
Jamie started off with 1 4/5 liters of juice. She gave 2/3 to Harry and 1/5 to Jessica. How much juice does she have left?
14/15
Brady went shopping for groceries with 20.00 dollars. She spent 5.46 dollars on vegetables, 4.50 dollars on chicken, and 3.21 dollars on doritos. How much change does she have left after her grocery shopping?
6.83
2.6 X 2.5
6.5