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Word Problems
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Emilia wrote 2 1/6+ 1 3/4= 3 4/10. Is her answer correct?
What is no the correct answer is 3 11/12
100
Sophie is baking with butter. She has 3/4 of a stick of butter and used 2/3 of a stick of butter. How much butter is left?
What is 1/12 of a stick of butter
100
Samantha found the sum of 3 1/3+3/4 to be 3 13/12. Is her final answer in correct form and if not what is the correct final answer?
What is 4 1/12
200
Desiree is driving from Raleigh, North Carolina to Key West, Florida She drives 1/5 of the way the first day. She drives 5/8 of the way the second day. How much of the driving has Desiree completed?
What is 33/40 of the way
200
Janie needs 5 1/2 yards of yarn to finish an art project. She only has 1 1/3 yards of yarn in her bag. How much more yarn does Janie need to buy?
What is 4 1/6 yards of yarn
200
Hank's cows produced 4 3/4 and 4 1/8 gallons of milk. Debra's cows produced 5 1/2 and 5 2/3 gallons of milk. How many more gallons of milk did Debra's two cows produce on that day compared to Hank's two cows?
What is 2 7/18 gallons
300
The long-jump record was 20 3/4 feet in 2010. In 2011, the record was broken by 1/8 inch. In 2013 it was broken by an additional 5/12 inch. What is the new long-jump record?
What is 21 7/24 feet
300
Lacy put 10 gallons of gas in her car on Sunday. On Monday, Lacy used 2 3/4 gallons of gas. On Tuesday, Lacy used 1 1/2 gallons of gas. On Wednesday, Lacy used 3 1/3 gallons of gas. How much of the original 10 gallons of gas is left in Lacy's car?
What is 2 1/2 gallons
300
Sophia asked the students in her class to name their favorite sport. She made this list to display the results: 1/3 of the students named basketball 1/8 of the students named soccer 5/12 of the students named football the rest of the students named baseball. What fraction named baseball?
What is 11/24 named baseball
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What is the sum of 1/3 and 5/7?
What is 1 1/21
400
Jamal says 3 4/9-2 5/6 is 1 1/3. Why is his answer incorrect?
What is the correct answer is 11/18
400
Velda is collecting fabric to make a quilt. She needs 8 yards of fabric to create the quilt. The pieces that she has collected so far measure 2 1/4 yards, 3 2/3 yards and 1 1/2 yards. Does she have enough fabric to complete her quilt? Justify your answer.
What is she has enough. She will have 7/12 yards left over.
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Kim needs 3 2/3 cups of sugar to make cupcakes. Her brownie recipe says she needs 2 2/9 cups of sugar. How much sugar will she need in total to make both recipes?
What is 5 8/9 cups of sugar
500
Sam's family went to the Pizza Parlor for dinner. They started with 4 pizzas. Sam's parents ate 1/2 of a pizza. Sam and his brother ate 2 1/3 pizzas, while his sisters ate only 3/4 of a pizza. How much pizza is left?
What is 5/12 of the pizza
500
Mike, Tim and Tina went out for pizza. they ordered several of the mini pizzas and ate most of what they ordered. Mike ate 4 2/3 pizzas, Tim ate 5 1/2 pizzas and Tine ate 7 3/4 pizzas. When they put the left overs pizza together, it was less than a whole pizza. How many pizzas did they order to start with?
What is 18 mini pizzas
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