LIKE DENOMINATORS
5 4/9 - 1 1/9
4 3/9
5 2/3 - 3 1/6
2 1/2
5 4/9 - 2 7/9
2 2/3
4 - 1 4/7
2 3/7
Gwen's Road Paving Company mixed 14 7/8 tons of cement. They used 9 5/8 tons of the cement to pave a street downtown. How much cement did they have left?
5 1/4
4 3/8 + 3 1/8
7 1/2
9 1/2 - 3 3/10
6 1/5
10 2/3 - 3 5/6
6 5/6
2 + 2 3/10
4 3/10
Doug mailed a letter on Monday morning. The letter traveled 9 5/6 miles on Monday. It traveled 5/6 more of a mile on Tuesday, reaching its destination on Tuesday afternoon. How far did Doug's letter travel in all?
10 2/3
7 4/5 - 2 3/5
5 1/5
9 2/7 + 5 3/4
15 1/28
3 10/15 - 1 12/15
1 13/15
5 + 1 1/2
6 1/2
At the beach, Leslie and her sister both built sandcastles and then measured their heights. Leslie's sandcastle was 1 7/10 feet tall and her sister's was 3/10 of a foot tall. How much taller was Leslie's sandcastle than her sister's?
1 2/5
7 1/12 - 2 10/12
4 1/4
1 3/5 + 2 1/2
4 1/10
3 1/2 - 1 5/8
2 1/8
12 3/7 - 9
3 3/7
Salem's zoo has two elephants. The male elephant weighs 6 1/10 tons and the female elephant weighs 4 3/10 tons. How much more does the male weigh than the female?
1 4/5
20 3/5 + 2 4/5
23 2/5
5 1/3 - 3 1/4
2 1/12
3 2/3 - 1 4/5
1 13/15
10 - 4 3/4
5 1/4
A school made 19 1/12 gallons of fruit punch for Parents' Night. Parents and teachers drank only 8 7/12 gallons altogether that night. How many gallons of fruit punch did the school have left?
10 1/12