Mixed Number Madness
Draw a picture to represent this mixed number: 1 2/5
Show drawing (one whole and 2/5)
2/6 + 3/6 = ?
5/6
6/8 - 2/8 = ?
4/8
Piper ate 2/8 of a pizza, and Paisley ate 3/8 of the same pizza.
How much pizza did they eat altogether?
5/8 of the pizza
Identify the error:
3/4 + 2/4 = 1 or 4/4
They did not add the numerators correctly: 3/4+ 2/4 = 5/4
2 1/6+ 1 3/6 = ?
3 4/6
4/8 + 1/8 = ?
5/8
9/10 - 3/10 = ?
6/10
Mrs. Battle split a chocolate bar into 10 pieces. Miss Hensley ate 6/10 of the chocolate bar. How much is left?
4/10 (4 pieces)
Andrew says that: 6/10 - 4/10 = 2/0
Identify the error and correct answer
Andrew subtracted the denominators!
Correct answer: 2/10 because YOUR DENOMINATORS STAY THE SAME!
5 3/5 + 3 1/5 = ?
8 4/5
7/10 + 2/10 = ?
11/12 - 7/12 = ?
4/12
Hazel is baking Miss Hensley cookies. She uses 1 3/4 cups of gluten-free flour in her first batch. In the second batch, she uses 2 1/4 cups of gluten-free flour. How much did she use in all?
4 cups of gluten-free flour
Roman says that 3/8 + 2/8 = 5/16
Identify the error & correct answer
He added both the numerator and denominator!
Correct answer: 5/8
5 3/4- 2 1/4 = ?
3 2/4
Extra points *50 if you can simplify this fraction!
9/12 + 2/12 = ?
11/12
9/16-4/16= ?
5/16
Abi made 5 6/8 pans of brownies for her table. Before lunch, her table ate 2 4/8 of the brownies. How many pans of brownies are left?
Hadleigh says 2 3/5 + 1 1/5 = 3 4/10
Identify her error and the correct answer
Hadleigh added the denominators instead of KEEPING THEM THE SAME!
Correct answer: 3 4/5
7 5/6 - 4 2/6 = ?
3 3/6
Extra points *50 if you can simplify this fraction!
11/16 + 5/16 = ?
16/16 or 1
17/18-11/18=?
6/18
Our class ate 3 2/6 boxes of sour straws. Mrs. Collins class ate 1 3/6 boxes of sour straws. How many boxes of sour straws did the classes eat in total?
4 5/6 boxes of sour straws
Barrett says that 6 3/7 + 2 4/7 is equal to 8 7/14.
Identify his error and the correct answer.
Barrett added the denominators instead of KEEPING THEM THE SAME!
Correct answer: 9