Bedtime Number Stories
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Fraction Of
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Leftovers
100
Ms.Hannon bought a delicious cake to share with Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Phillips. If Ms. Hannon cuts the cake evenly into 12 slices; how many slices will each teacher eat?
What is 4/12 or 1/3?
100
1/5 of 25
What is 5?
100
2 1/2
What is 5/2?
100
1/6 + 1/2
What is 4/6= 2/3?
100
Margot the chef created a delicious pea soup recipe, blah! She used 3 1/4 cans of peas. What fraction of the peas were remaining in the cans?
What is 3/4?
200
Beatrice bought 50 boxes of Girl Scout cookies from her troop. She willingly gave 1/5 of the cookies to her grandma. How many boxes of cookies did dear old grandma get?
What is 10?
200
1/3 of 30
What is 10?
200
6 1/3
What is 19/3?
200
4/5+8/10
What is 16/10 or 1 6/10=1 3/5?
200
Ms. Hannon can be such a glutz sometimes! She poured Skittles into a container that was filled to the 6 4/10 liter line. However, she slipped on slime and Skittles went everywhere! Now the container only holds 2 1/5 liters of Skittles. How many liters of Skittles did Ms. Hannon drop on the floor? P.S. It really wasn't her fault :)
What is 4 1/5 Skittles?
300
There were 7 granola bars in a box. If 8 students split the granola bars equally, how many granola bars will each student get?
What is 7/8?
300
1/6 of 48
What is 8?
300
11 2/4
What is 46/4?
300
Mrs. Anderson was out running one day and completely blew by Ms. Hannon who was panting on the side of the ride. Mrs. Anderson ran 5 2/4 miles while Ms. Hannon ran 1 1/4 miles. How much farther did Mrs. Anderson run than Ms. Hannon?
What is 4 1/4 miles?
300
Kenneth has 4 feet of string. He used 1 1/2 feet of string for a secret project. How many feet of string does he have left?
What is 2 1/2 feet of string?
400
Bubba and Jamma are eating waffles for breakfast. There are 5 waffles and they decide to share them equally. How much does each person get?
What is 5/2 or 2 1/2?
400
1/4 of 26
What is 6.5?
400
3 6/9
What is 33/9?
400
Mrs. Phillips drove 6 3/6 miles to school today; whereas Mrs. Ducharme drove 14 1/2 miles to school. How much farther did Mrs. Ducharme have to drive today?
What is 8 miles?
400
Princess lives 3 1/4 miles from Disney World. Dutchess lives 2 3/4 miles from Disney World. How much farther from Disney World does Princess live than Dutchess?
What is 2/4 or 1/2 mile?
500
Mary Poppins has a 10 pound bag of clay for her pottery club. If she distributes the clay equally among 6 students in her club, how many pounds of clay will each student receive?
What is 10/6 or 1 4/6=1 2/3
500
1/8 of 23
What is 2 7/8?
500
4 5/10
What is 45/10?
500
Just for fun teachers play Fraction Capture outside of school; shh! One fun Friday night a teacher, who wishes to remain anonymous, played the following fractions; 1/8+1/4+1/4+1/2+1/8. What was her answer?
What is 1 1/4?
500
Principal Snyder started with 2 4/8 feet of bubble gum. He used 1 1/2 feet to lasso a loose class pet. How many feet of bubble gum does Principal Snyder have after saving the school from the bouncy gerbil?
What is 1 foot?
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