Computation of Fractions

Adding/Subtracting

100

1/4 + 3/5

17/20

200

6/7 - 4/5

2/35

300

9 and 5/8 + 6 and 5/6

16 and 11/24

400

8 and 1/3 - 4 and 5/8

3 and 17/24

500

Mrs. Rismiller wants to make Mr. Bertke a cake. She needs 2 and 1/8 cups of sugar and 1 and 3/5 cups of flour. How many cups of ingredients did she use in all?

3 and 29/40 cups

Multiplying Fractions

100

2/3 x 6/9

4/9

200

11/5 x 15/22

1 and 1/2

300

4 and 2/3 x 7 and 1/2

35

400

There are 84 students in the sixth grade at CMS. If 1/4 of the students are boys, how many are girls?

63 girls

500

Landon picked 1/4 of a pound of strawberries. That afternoon, Landon's sister ate 1/2 of the strawberries. Then, Timmy picks 2/5 of a pound. How many pounds of strawberries did Landon's sister eat?

1/8 lbs

Dividing Fractions

100

5/6 divided by 1/4

3 and 1/3

200

2 and 3/4 divided by 4

11/16

300

5 and 2/3 divided by 1 and 6/7

3 and 2/39

400

42 and 5/7 divided by 16 and 4/5

2 and 319/588

500

Mrs. Oh had a stack of 28 books that weighed 40 and 1/4 pounds total. How much does each book weigh?

1 and 7/16 pounds

Mixed Story Problems #1

100

Brooklyn has 7 and 1/3 yards of material. Her new jacket will take 2 and 13/18 yards. How much material will Brooklyn have left after the jacket is made?

4 and 11/18 yards

200

A tank holds 15 gallons of water. If the tank is 1/5 full, how many gallons of water are in the tank?

3 gallons

300

Audrie needs 1/4 cup of marshmallows for each cup of hot chocolate. If she makes 5 and 1/2 cups of hot chocolate, how many cups of marshmallows did she use?

1 and 3/8 cups of marshmallows

400

Ryan is building a dresser with 4 small legs. He bought 3 and 1/8 feet of wood, which is the exact amount needed for all 4 legs. How long is each leg?

25/32 foot

500

A scientist measured on turtle that was 10 and 2/5 pounds and the second turtle weighted 14 and 4/6 pounds. How much bigger was the second turtle?

4 and 4/15 pounds

Mixed Story Problems #2

100

A bunch of neighborhood kids went on a hike through the nature center. The total mileage they walked was 16 and 2/3 miles. If each kid contributed 4 and 1/6 miles to the hike, how many kids went on the trip?

4 kids

200

Parker drinks 2 and 5/6 liters of water before noon and 1 and 3/4 liters of water after noon. How many liters of water does Parker consume in a day?

4 and 7/12 liters

300

A store is selling blueberries in 1 and 3/4 pound containers. Keaton needs 8 and 3/4 pounds for baking. How many containers does he need to buy?

5 containers

400

Mr. Bertke was training for a race and ran 7 and 1/2 miles on Monday. On Tuesday, he wanted to take a shorter run and ran 1/3 of his Monday's distance. How far did he run on Tuesday?

2 and 1/2 miles

500

Kaleb owes Mr. Bertke 100 pushups. If he would do 1/5 of them on Monday and 1/4 of the remaining ones on Tuesday, how many push-ups would Kaleb still owe Mr. Bertke after Tuesday?

60 pushups