estimation
Problem solving 1
Problem solving 2
Add or subtract 1
100

Sandy and Brett are painting a house. Sandy painted 1/10 of the house and Brett painted 4/9 of the house.
Estimate how much more Brett painted than Sandy.

What is 1/2?

100

The distance from Alison's house to the mailbox is 2/5 mile. The distance from the mailbox to
the bus stop is 1/3 mile. What is the total distance from Alison's house to the bus stop?

What is 11/15?

100

The bar diagram shows the fractional parts of a lawn that Troy and Kylie mowed. How much of the lawn did they mow?


What is 17/24?

100

1/8 + 15/16 =

What is 1  1/16?

200

Estimate the sum of 1/6 and 4/5

What is 1?

200

An adult short-eared owl weighs 1/2 pound. A baby short-eared owl weighs 2/9 pound.
What is the total weight of the two owls?

What is 13/18?

200

Mark needs  3 1/8  pounds of seed to fill the bird feeders in his backyard, but he only has  1 1/2  pounds of seeds.


A. How much seed does he need to buy?

B. Mark only found a 1/2-pound bag of seeds at the store. How many more pounds does he need?

A. What is 1 5/8?

B. What is 1 1/8?

200

Evaluate 8 - 2 3/4

what is 5 1/4

300

Estimate: 5 5/6 − (1 1/4 + 3 7/8)

What is 1?

300

Sandy and Brett are painting a house. Sandy painted 1/10 of the house and Brett painted 4/9 of the house. How much more did Brett paint than Sandy?

What is 31/90?

300

Models for two mixed numbers are shown below.

Part A
Write an equation that shows the sum?

B. What is the difference between the two mixed numbers?

A. What is 1 10/12 + 2 5/12 = 4 1/4 or 1 5/6 + 2 5/12=4 1/4

B. What is 7/12?

300

9 1/2 + 6 3/4=

What is 16 1/4?

400

Estimate the sum of 2 7/8

 and 15  1/5.

What is 18?

400

Jason jumped 6 2/3 feet in a jumping contest. Yolanda jumped 4 3/4 feet.
How much farther did Jason jump than Yolanda?

What is 1  11/12?

400

Jodi read 3/8 of a book on Monday, 5/12 of the book on Tuesday, and the rest of the book on Wednesday.
What fraction of the book did Jodi read on Wednesday?

What is 5/24?

400

6 - 3/7 

What is  5 4/7?

500

Graham is hiking a trail that is  5 1/2  miles long. He has hiked  3 5/8 miles so far. How much farther does he need to finish the trail?

What is 1 7/8?

500

On Tuesday, another 1/4 inches of rain fell. How much rain fell in all?

What is 1  4/8 or 1  1/2?

500

 5 1/8 - 2 7/16

what is 4 3/16

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