Addition
What is 4/12 + 5/12?
9/12 or 3/4
What is 1/4 x 5?
5/4 or 1 1/4
A chef bought ⁷⁄₁₂ pounds of carrots. If he later bought another ⁵⁄₁₂ pounds of carrots, what is the total weight of carrots he bought?
12/12 = 1 pound
What are like denominators?
Denominators that are the same.
Add the fractions. Write the answer as a mixed number. 2/4 + 1/4 + 3/4 =
1 2/4 or 1 1/2
What is 11/12 - 5/12 in simplest form?
1/2
Solve. Write your answer as a mixed number. 2/3 x 7
2 2/3
What is a unit fraction?
A fraction that describes one part of the whole. Always has 1 in the numerator.
Solve. Write your answer in simplest form. 3 2/12 + 2 4/12.
5 1/2
What is 78/8 - 15/8?
63/8 or 7 7/8
Write 8/11 as the multiple of a unit fraction.
8 x 1/11
Decompose 5/6 in two ways.
Some possible answers:
1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6
2/6 + 3/6
4/6 + 1/6
What is 4/10 + 4/10 in simplest form?
4/5
Solve. Write your answer in simplest form. 23/24 - 19/24
1/6
Solve. Write your answer in the simplest form. 2/12 x 5
5/6
Sam spent 7/10 hours working on his reading and math homework. If he spent 4/10 hours on his reading homework, how much time did he spend on his math homework?
3/10 hours
Convert to a mixed number: 130/16
8 2/16 or 8 1/8
Solve. Write your answer as both a mixed number and fraction. 4 4/5 + 7 4/5
12 3 /5 = 63/5
Solve. Write your answer as a mixed number in simplest form. 23/10 - 8/10
15/10 = 1 5/10 = 1 1/2
Solve. Write your answer as both a mixed number and a fraction. 3 3/4 x 9
33 3/4 = 135/4
A recipe called for using 1 ¹⁄₄ cups of flour before baking and another 6 ⁶⁄₈ cups after baking. What is the total amount of flour needed in the recipe?
7 8/8 = 8 cups of flour
Simplify: 50/175
2/7