Fractions
Amigail made 10 pizzas. One of her friends, Jaitlin, ate 3 1/4 of the pizzas and Amigail ate 4 7/8. How much pizza was left?
1 7/8 pizzas
Write as mixed number: 38/7
5 3/7
Leitlyn, Daleb, and Darter had a contest to see who could eat the most apples. Laitlyn ate 9 4/8 apples, Daleb ate 6 5/8 apples, and Darter ate 15 3/8 apples. How many apples did they eat in all? Give your answer in simplest form.
31 1/2 apples
4 1/10 + 6 1/2 =
10 6/10 or 10 3/5
Negan and Elex were making cookies. Deter has 2 8/12 cups of flour. Negan has 11/8 cups of flour. How much more flour does Deter have than Negan?
1 7/24 more cups of flour
Gulee skated 1 3/4 miles from home to the lake, then went 1 1/3 miles around the lake, and then back home. How many miles did she skate?
4 5/6
The average weight of a basketball is 21 1/10 onces. The average weight of a baseball is 5 1/4 ounces. How many more ounces does the basketball weigh?
15 17/20 ounces
Imagine that a Maya astronomer is observing the stars. On Monday night, they observe the sky for 4 1/3 hours. On Tuesday night, they observe for 5 2/5 hours.How many hours in total did the Maya astronomer spend observing the sky over the two nights?
9 11/15 hours
A capybara is the world's larges rodent. It can grow to be 1 1/3 meters long. Which improper fraction represents the length of the capybara?
4/3 meters
Jawson said that 9/4 and 1 1/4 are equivalent. Is he right? Explain.
no, because 1 1/4 as an improper fraction equals 6/4. That is not equal to 9/4
15 3/8 - 9 4/8 - 5 3/8 =
4/8 or 1/2
The Inca built an extensive road system throughout the Andes. On one of his journeys, an Inca messenger runs 10 1/2 miles in the morning and 8 2/3 miles in the afternoon. How many miles in total did the messenger run in one day?
19 1/6 miles