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Landon has 20/25 of a cake. Rewrite the fraction in simplest form.
4/5
Ella ate 1/4 of a pizza for lunch. For dinner, she ate 6/9 of a pizza. How much pizza did she eat in all?
33/36 (11/12)
Brigitte has 1/8 of a chocolate bar. Olivia has 1/5 of a chocolate bar. Who has more chocolate?
Olivia -- 1/5 > 1/8
Grace Ann drank 1 3/10 cups of milk in the morning, and an additional 2 1/3 cups of milk in the evening. How many total cups of milk did Grace Ann drink?
3 19/30
Sadie ate 1 2/9 scoop of ice cream. Pearl ate 1 3/8 scoop of ice cream. Who ate more ice cream?
Pearl -- 1 3/8 > 1 2/9
A receipt shows a total of $15.40. The customer bought apples for $3.25, bread for $2.10, and a "mystery item." What was the original price of the mystery item?
$10.05
Allie Mae has a bag filled with different colored marbles. There is a total of 24 marbles in the bag. She has 8 pink marbles. Rewrite this fraction in simplest form.
1/3
Dalton has a container of dog food in his garage. He pours two different sized bags of food inside the container. One bag holds 1/8 pound. The other bag holds 1/9 pound. How many pounds of food are inside the container?
17/72
Rachel drank 3/5 of her juice box. Isla drank 1/4 of her juice box. Who drank more juice?
Rachel -- 3/5 > 1/4
Hadleigh is baking cupcakes and brownies. To make the cupcakes, she will need 1 3/5 cup of flour. To make the brownies, she will need 2 2/6 cup of flour. How many total cups of flour will Hadleigh need?
3 28/30 (3 14/15)
Cooper has a jug of water in his fridge. It is filled with 39/45 gallon of water. Rewrite the fraction in simplest form.
13/15
A water tank holds 500 liters. Over the weekend, 12.45 liters leaked out on Saturday and 18.7 liters leaked out on Sunday. A technician then added 25 liters back into the tank. What is the current volume of the water?
493.85 liters
Liam is painting a mural that is 22/24 yards long. Simplify this fraction.
11/12
James ran 4/5 of a mile during PE class. Then, after school, he ran 5/6 of a mile. How much further did he run after school than during PE?
1/30
Fayth and Audrey both buy pizzas from Pizza Inn. Each pizza is cut into 12 slices. Fayth eats 7 slices of her pizza. Audrey eats 3/4 of her pizza. Who eats more pizza?
Audrey -- 3/4 (or 9/12) > 7/12
A gardener plants 8 1/4 rows of carrots. He also plants 1 1/5 rows of sunflowers. How many more rows of carrots did he plant than sunflowers?
7 1/20
A baker adds 7/12 cup of sugar to a bowl. Later on, he adds 5/8 cup of sugar to the bowl. How many cups of sugar are in the bowl?
29/24 (1 5/24)
The school record for the high jump is 1.52 meters. This year, James jumped 130 centimeters. How much higher would James have needed to jump, in meters, to tie the record,?
0.22 meters
Miss Gates is baking a cake. The recipe she's using tells her that she will need 28/32 cup of sugar. Simplify this fraction so that it's easier to measure.
7/8
A gardener planted 4/6 of his garden with flowers and 5/12 of his garden with vegetables. How much more of his garden is filled with flowers than vegetables?
1/12
A gardener has two plots of land. On Plot A, 3/10 of his garden is blooming. On Plot B, 5/12 of his garden is blooming. Which plot is producing more plants?
Plot B -- 5/12 > 3/10
Sarah walked 3 1/4 miles on Monday and 2 6/8 miles on Tuesday. How many more miles did she walk on Monday than Tuesday?
4/8 (1/2)
Briggs ran 2 5/8 miles on Saturday. During soccer practice on Sunday, he ran 4 4/6 miles. How many total miles did Briggs run over the weekend?
6 31/24 (7 7/24)
Isla saved $45.50 from her chores. She decided to buy a new video game that costs $28.15. Later, she earned another $50. How much money does Isla have left in her savings?
$67.35
Mr. Thompson writes the fraction 3/5 on the board. He explains that he simplified another fraction to get this number. What could be his original fraction?
Answers may vary
Tigerville is holding a read-a-thon. Brooke read 2/5 of a book on Monday, 2/6 of a book on Wednesday, and 5/12 of a book on Friday. How many books did Brook read in all?
1 9/60 (1 3/20)
Put the following fractions in order from least to greatest:
2/3, 8/10, 1/9, 2/5
1/9, 2/5, 8/10, 2/3
Charlotte bought 8 1/4 cups of berries from the grocery store. She used 5 3/5 cup to make smoothies for her and her friends. How many cups of berries does she have leftover?
2 13/20
Frank played video games for 5 5/6 hours over the course of the weekend. Hunter played video games for 7 2/5 hours. How many more hours did Hunter play video games than Frank?
1 17/30
Ms. Gates has 14,005 tickets to the softball game. She gives tickets to 9,437 of her friends. Later, she finds 3,689 tickets under her couch cushions. How many tickets does she have now?
8,257 tickets