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On Friday, many of the students were missing in Ms. Green's class. 1/8 of the class went to a basketball tournament and 1/8 of the class called in sick. What fraction of the class was in school?
6/8
Ms. Lily had 7/12 box of pencils but 1/12 box of the pencils were broken. After she threw out the broken pencils, how much of the box of pencils were left?
6/12
3/4 = ?/8
6
Besaida's cookie factory puts 2/3 of a barrel of flour into each batch of cookies. How much flour will the factory use for 9 batches?
18/3 or 6
Erick checks his pantry to see how much cat food he has. He finds a bag of Paw Picnic cat food with 3 cups left in it. Erick feeds his cat 1/3 of a cup of food every day. How many days will the cat food last?
9
In West New York it snowed 2/8 of an inch in the morning and 3/8 of an inch in the afternoon. What was the total amount of snowfall?
5/8
At PS#2, it snowed 2/3 of a foot yesterday and 1/3 of a foot today. How much more did it snow yesterday than today?
1/3
4/6 = ?/3
2
Last week, Franco spent 5 hours watching television. Alan watched television for 3/5 as many hours as Franco did. How many hours did Alan spend watching television?
3 hours
Jonathan, Lara, and Daelyn are making 4 pizzas for dinner. They have 1/2 of a pound of shredded cheese and put an equal amount on each pizza. How many pounds of cheese do they put on each pizza?
1/8
Of the pies that Cel's Pie Shop sold last month, 3/5 were blueberry pies and 1/5 were blackberry pies. What fraction of the pies sold were either blueberry or blackberry?
4/5
A Isaias measured one fish that was 11/12 of a foot long and a second fish that was 8/12 of a foot long. How much longer was the first fish?
3/12
3/? = 12/16
4
Yesterday, Mario's Snack Shack went through 1/4 of a bottle of ketchup. If they used 2/3 as much mustard as ketchup, how many bottles of mustard did they go through?
2/12
Gem is knitting hats for his friends. He has 2 balls of yarn. He uses 1/3 of a ball for each hat. How many hats can Gem make?
6
Johnny takes a piece of wood that is 3/4 of an inch thick and glues it to a piece of wood that is 1/4 of an inch thick. Together, what is the thickness of the two pieces of wood?
4/4 or 1
Last week Jacob and Luis ate 1/4 of a carton of yogurt, and this week they ate 2/4 of a carton. How much more yogurt did they eat this week compared to last week?
1/4
?/3 = 3/9
1
Jefferson picked 2/3 of a pound of strawberries. That afternoon, Richard and Dylan ate 3/5 of the strawberries. How many pounds of strawberries did Richard and Dylan eat?
6/15
There is 1/2 of a liter of soda left after a class party. The clean-up crew is Armelis, Emily, and Gabriel are going to split the soda equally. How many liters of soda does each student get?
1/6
Deisy is trying to fit two boxes into the trunk of her car. One box is 3/5 of a foot tall and the other is 4/5 of a foot tall. Stacked on top of each other, what is the combined height of the two boxes?
7/5
While taking inventory at her pastry shop, Stephanie realizes that she had 2/6 of a box of baking powder yesterday, but the supply is now down to 1/6 of a box. How much more baking powder did Stephanie have yesterday?
1/6
1/12 = 12/?
144
Jesse and Alexa are collecting clothes for a clothing drive. Jesse collected 1/3 as many clothes as Alexa did. If Alexa collected 3/4 of a bag of clothes, how many bags of clothes did Jesse collect?
3/12
To get ready for a pep rally, Juan and Joselen are making banners. They have a 3-foot piece of poster board and cut it into pieces that are 1/4 of a foot long. How many banners do they make?
12