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Matthew ordered a pizza on Friday. On Friday night, he finished 3/8 of a pizza for dinner. He put away the pizza and planned to have another 3/8 of a pizza on Saturday for lunch. How much pizza was left after Saturday's lunch?

2/8

100

Katie cut the pizza into nine pieces. She ate three of them. What fraction of the pizza was left?

Use an equation with your answer.

9/9 - 3/9 = 6/9

100

Braelynn went grocery shopping to make soup. She bought 3/10 pound of potatoes, 1/10 pound of carrots and 7/10 pound of celery. How many pounds of vegetables did she buy?

Explain how you found your answer

11/10

*Explanation may vary*

100

3/4 of the sausage pizza was left in the box. Dean ate 2/4 of the remaining pizza. What fraction of the pizza was left?

Use a representation with your answer

1/4 

*representation may vary*

100

Avi ran 6/10 of a mile. Her brother ran 11/10 miles. How much farther did Avi's brother run?

5/10 or 1/2

200

Finn ate 6/7 of a large cookie. Ava ate 3/7 of a large cookie. How much more of the cookie did Finn eat than Ava?

3/7

200

A recipe called for 4/8 cup of chopped tomatoes and 6/8 cup of diced tomatoes. In total, how many cups of tomatoes did the recipe call for?

Use an equation with your answer

4/8 + 6/8 = 10/8

200

The medium pizza had six slices. Carly and Yazmien each ate two slices. What fraction of the pizza was left?

Explain how you found your answer.

2/6 

*Explanation may vary*

200

Kami ate 3/12 of a lasagna, while Jacob ate 6/12 of a lasagna. In total, how much lasagna did these two eat?

Use a representation with your answer

9/12

*Representation may vary*

200

There was some juice in a bottle. Cammie poured 8/12 of the bottle into a cup. Now there is 3/12 of the bottle remaining. How much of the bottle was full with juice before Cammie poured it?

11/12

300

The five children were celebrating Rylie's birthday. A cake was cut into 8 slices, and each child (including Rylie) ate one slice. What fraction of the cake did they eat?

6/8

300

On Friday, many of the students were missing in Miss Elsbury's class. 1/8 of the class went to a basketball tournament and 1/8 of the class called in sick. What fraction of the class was in school?

Use an equation with your answer

8/8 - 1/8 - 1/8 = 6/8

or 8/8 - 2/8 = 6/8

300

Jase ate 6/9 of the pizza. Sarynity ate 2/9. How much more pizza did Jase eat than Sarynity?

Explain how you found your answer

4/9

*Explanation may vary*

300

Rowan planned to read a book over the long weekend. She read 3/12 of her book on Friday and 5/12 of her book on Saturday. How much does she need to read on Sunday to finish the book?

Use a representation with you answer

4/12

*Representation may vary*

300

When making a fruit salad for his lunch, Liam uses 5/8 pound of apples. He used 2/8 pound less of blueberries than apples. What is the total weight of the apples and blueberries?

8/8 or 1 pound

400

Jaxson used 3/12 pound of butter for his cookies. He used 4/12 more pound of butter for his cake. How much butter did he use in total?

10/12

400

The cake was cut into 9 pieces. Grandma ate one piece and each of your seven cousins ate one piece. What fraction of the pizza was eaten?

Use an equation with your answer

1/9 + 7/9 = 8/9 

Or

1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 = 8/9

400

Adam mowed 7/12 of the lawn. Chloe mowed 4/12 less of the lawn than Adam. How much of the lawn was mowed?

Explain how you found your answer

7/12 - 4/12 = 3/12; 7/12 + 3/12 = 10/12

*Explanation may vary*

400

There were 6 out of the 8 total pieces of pizza left. We gave 3 more pieces to the secretaries to eat. What fraction of the pizza was left?

Use a representation with your answer

3/8 

*Representation may vary*

400

A bottle of milk contained 7/8 gallon of milk. Then 5/8 gallon was poured out. After some milk was added, the bottle contained 3/8 gallon of milk. How much milk was added?

1/8

500

On Saturday, Brayden spent 5/12 of the day playing video games, 3/12 of the day doing laundry and 2/12 of the day washing dishes. What fraction of the day did he NOT spend doing something on Saturday?

2/12

500

Lillow used 3/8 pound of swiss cheese in a recipe. She used 4/8 pound more cheddar cheese in the same recipe. How much cheese did Lillow use in the recipe?

Use an equation with your answer

3/8 + 4/8 = 7/8; 7/8 + 3/8 = 10/8

*Equation may vary*

500

There were four out of seven pieces of pizza left in the box. Jackson came home from school and ate two pieces. Franny came home and ate one piece. What fraction of the pizza was left?

Explain how you found your answer.

1/7 

*Explanation may vary*

500

TT's water bottle was 8/10 full. The classmates spilled 6/10 of the water bottle. At lunch more water was added and the bottle is now 9/10 full. How much water was added at lunch?

Use a representation with your answer

7/10

*Representation may vary*

500

Revan walked 9/10 mile to the store. He realized he dropped his money, so he walked back 3/10 mile. Then he walked another 5/10 mile. How far is Revan from where he started?

11/10 miles

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