Addition and Subraction
Joey, Danny, and Jesse ordered a Pizza. Danny at 2/8 of the pizza. Joey at 3/8 of the pizza. How much did Jesse eat if they ate all of the pizza. (Answer in a fraction)
3/8
Ms. Kuhn has 3 boxes of Pepsi. Each box has 4/5 left. How many boxes does she have left.
12/5 or 2 2/5
decompose 8/9 into two fractions
4/9 + 4/9
answers vary
What is the missing piece?
33/12 - ? = 17/12
16/12
Hannah has 3 baseballs. Each weighs 5/16 of a pound. How much do they weigh together.
15/16
Lana has been watching her flowers grow. On Monday it was 8/12 of a foot. At the end of the week, it was 20/12. How much did it grow this week?
12/12 or 1
Ms. Borquez is making necklaces. Each necklace need 3/5 yard of ribbon. How much does she need to make 6 necklaces?
18/5 yards or 3 3/5yards
Decompose 9/5 into two fractions
3/5 + 6/5
answers vary
3 1/6 - 1 5/6
1 2/6 or 1 1/3
Lorelei is making cookies. 4 batches of chocolate chip cookies that need 2/3 c sugar. She is also making 4 batches of vanilla cookies need 1/3 c sugar. How many cups of sugar does she need?
4 cups
I am making brownies. I need 8 1/4 c of flour. I have 5 3/4 c flour. How much more do I need?
2 1/2
Usually Ms. Nagel runs 10 miles per day. But because of the rain, she only completed 4/5 of her normal run. How far did she run before it started raining?
8 miles
Decompose 2 3/5
5/5 + 5/5 + 3/5
5/8 + 3/8 + 4/8 (answer as a mixed number (ie 1 1/2)
1 4/8
Angela needs 3/4 foot of ribbon to make one bow. How much does she need to make 3 bows? (answer as a mixed number)
2 1/4 (9/4)
Mrs. Zabala has 4 bags of coffee. In the caramel bag she has 3/5 left. In the Cafe Americano she has 4/5 left. In the Donut Shop 2/5 and in Toffee 1/5 left. How much coffee does Mrs. Zabala have left in total.
10/5 or 2
Ms. K wants to give out cheez-its. She has 5 boxes with 3/4 each. How much does she have?
15/4 or 3 3/4
Decompose 14/8
6/8 + 8/8
answers vary
25/12 - 9/12 = ?
(Answer as a mixed number)
1 4/12
Nolan bikes 10/12 of a mile each day. How many miles will he bike after 7 days?
70/12 or 5 10/12
I am making cupcakes for the Spring Fling. I need 2/3 cup of sugar for the Vanilla cupcakes and 1/3 cup of sugar for the Strawberry cupcakes. I want to make 8 batches of Strawberry and 4 batches of Vanilla. How much sugar do I need to make all of the cupcakes?
16/3 or 5 2/3
Ms. Izarry is making bags of candy. She uses 3/4 airhead per class. For 7 classes how many bags does she need?
21/4 or 5 1/4
decompose 11/5
5/5 + 6/5
answers vary
7 1/4 - 5 2/4
1 3/4
Katya is baking cookies. The recipe makes 12 cookies. She only wants to make 2/3 as many cookies as the recipes calls for. How many cookies should she make?
8