Word Wise
Super Sums
Delightful Differences
Mixed Numbers
100
What are like fractions?
What are fractions with the same denominator.
100
What is 3/5 + 1/5?
What is 4/5.
100
What is 3/8 - 1/8?
What is 2/8 or 1/4.
100

1 7/8 + 1 2/8 = ?

2 + 9/8 = 2 + 1 1/8 = 3 1/8

200
How would you read 3/12 + 2/12 = 5/12?
What is "three twelfths plus two twelfths equals five twelfths".
200
What is 2/7 + 1/7?
What is 3/7.
200

John went to the Sacramento Railroad Museum to see model trains. He saw 2/5 mile of track on the first floor of the museum. He saw 4/5 mile of track on the second floor. How much more track did John see on the second floor of the museum than the first?

2/5

200

5 7/8 + 8 1/8 = ?

13 + 1 = 14

300

What does sum mean?

the answer to an addition problem

300

Replace the x to make a true sentence. 

3/11 + x/11 = 9/11

x = 6

300

What is 12/15 - 2/15? 

What is one equivalent fraction to the answer?

10/15

answers will vary 

300

7 5/8 - 2 4/8 = ?

5 1/8

400

What does difference mean?

The answer to a subtraction problem.

400
What is 4/5 + 3/5?
What is 7/5 or 1 2/5.
400

During lunch recess, Ms. Day and Ms. Law decided to have a race. Ms. Day ran 13/18 of a mile, and Ms. Law ran 7/18 of a mile. How much farther did Ms. Day run than Ms. Law?

6/18 or 1/3 of a mile

400

9 4/12 - 4 9/12 = ?

4 7/12

500

When 9/16 and 5/16 are added together, do they equal 7/8? Explain your reasoning.

Yes, because 9/16 + 5/16 = 14/16 

14/16 is equivalent to 7/8

500
What is 7/9 + 4/9?
What is 11/9 or 1 2/9.
500

On Monday through Saturday, it rained 3/8 inches. On Sunday, the total rainfall for the week was 7/8 inches. How much rain fell on Sunday alone?

4/8 or 1/2 inches

500

8 3/8 - 3 5/8 = ?

4 6/8

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