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What is the least common denominator of 1/4 and 3/8?
8
Mona drank 2/8 liter of water in the morning and 3/8 liter in the afternoon. How much water did Mona drink altogether?
5/8 liter
A ribbon is 7/8 yard long. Emma cuts off 3/8 yard. How much ribbon is left?
1/2 yard
Three pizzas are shared equally by four students. How much pizza does each get?
Each person gets 3/4 of a pizza
A recipe uses 1/2 cup of oats and 1/4 cup of chocolate chips. How many cups are used?
3/4 cup
Rewrite 2/3 as an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 12.
8/12
A baker uses 3/4 cup of flour for one recipe and 2/3 cup for another. How many cups of flour does the baker use in all
1 5/12 cups
A container holds 5/6 gallon of juice. Students drink 1/4 gallon. How much juice remains?
7/12 gallon
Seven granola bars are divided equally among three students. How much does each get?
Each student gets 7/3 = 2 1/3 granola bar
Five yards of fabric are shared equally among three students. How many yards of fabric does each student receive?
1 2/3 yards
Is 7/8 + 1/6 closer to 1 or to 2? Explain using benchmarks.
Closer to 1; the exact sum is 1 1/24.
Florence walks 1 3/5 miles in the morning and 2 1/4 miles in the afternoon. How many miles does she walk altogether?
3 17/20 miles
A carpenter has a board that is 4 1/3 feet long. He cuts off 1 5/6 feet. How much of the board remains?
2 1/2 feet
Six pizzas are shared by 15 players.
Select ALL matching expressions:
A. 2/5
B. 6/15
C. 15/6
D. 6 ÷ 15
E. 15 ÷ 6
A. 2/5
B. 6/15
D. 6 ÷ 15
A runner completes 1 3/4 miles on Monday and 2 2/3 miles on Tuesday. How many miles does the runner complete altogether?
4 5/12 miles
A student says 2/3 + 1/6 = 3/9. Identify the mistake and find the correct sum.
The student added denominators. The correct sum is 5/6.
A science class uses 2 5/6 liters of water for one experiment and 3 7/12 liters for another. How many liters of water do they use altogether?
6 5/12
A runner plans to run 7 1/3 miles. She completes 2 7/8 miles before stopping for a break. How many miles does she still need to run?
4 11/24 miles
Evaluate: (1 ÷ 8) + (2 ÷ 3).
Give the answer as a fraction.
19/24
A class walks 2 5/8 miles in the morning. In the afternoon, they walk 1 3/4 miles farther than they walked in the morning. How many miles do they walk in all?
7 miles
Which is greater: 1/2 + 3/4 or 1 1/8? Show how you know.
1/2 + 3/4 = 1 1/4, which is greater by 1/8.
A school collects 3 7/8 pounds of plastic on Monday. On Tuesday, students collect 1 5/6 pounds more plastic than on Monday. How many pounds of plastic do they collect over both days?
9 7/12 pounds
A teacher has 12 1/2 feet of bulletin board border. She uses 3 3/4 feet on one board. She uses 1 5/8 feet more on a second board than on the first. How many feet of border does she have left?
3 3/8 feet
Eleven yards of ribbon are shared equally among eight groups. Write a division equation and the amount each gets. Explain why 8/11 is incorrect.
11 ÷ 8 = 11/8 = 1 3/8 yards. The total is the dividend, not the divisor.
A gardener has 15 1/2 feet of fencing. She uses 4 3/4 feet for one flower bed. She uses 2 5/8 feet more for a second flower bed than for the first. How much fencing remains?
3 3/8 feet