Adding Fractions
5/12 + 1/4 =
8/12 = 3/4
3/4 - 3/24 =
15/24 = 5/8
3/4 x 1/8 =
3/32
4/5 ÷ 1/4 =
3 1/5
Write 6/24 in simplest form.
1/4
2 1/3 + 6 7/9 =
9 1/9
6 4/7 - 3 2/3 =
2 19/21
2 1/5 x 7 1/2 =
16 1/2
8 ÷ 1/2 =
16
Are 14/17 and 98/120 equivalent fractions?
No. 98/119 would be an equivalent fraction.
Tatsu takes a piece of wood that is 1 1/3 inches thick and glues it to a piece of wood that is 4 1/3 inches thick. Together, what is the thickness of the two pieces of wood?
5 2/3
12 1/2 - 4 1/8 - 2 5/24 =
6 4/24 = 6 1/6
A air freshener used 3 3 ⁄ 4 milliliters of perfume. If Wendy wanted to make 3 air fresheners, how many milliliters of perfume would she use?
11 1/4
35/49 ÷ 5/7 =
7/7 = 1
Write three fractions equivalent to 5/8
10/16
15/24
20/32
25/40
In Mr. Blake's mathematics class, 3/8 of the students received A's and 1/12 received B's. What fraction of the students received either A's or B's?
11/24
When Max had one cat, he needed to serve 2/3 of a can of cat food each day. Now that Max has adopted a second cat, he needs to serve a total of 3 cans each day. How much extra food is needed to feed the second cat?
2 1/3
Robin needed 3 2 ⁄ 3 feet of thread to finish a pillow she was making. If she has 2 times as much thread as she needs, what is the length of the thread she has?
7 1/3
At the end of the night, a pizza place had 2 1/4 pizzas left over. The 6 employees each took home the same amount of leftover pizza. How much pizza did each employee take home?
9/24 = 3/8
Suzie was painting her house and used 3/16 of a can of paint to paint her living room. The next day, she used 1/4 of a can of paint to paint her bedroom. If she wanted to see how much paint she used total, what common denominator should she use to add the fractions?
16, 16 is the least common multiple of 4 and 16.
Carl was reading a book. The first night he read 1/3 of the book. The second night he read 1/5 of the book. The third night he read 6/15 of the book. How much of the book did he read total?
14/15 of the book
A recipe called for 8/9 of a cup of chopped turnips and 11/12 of a cup of diced walnuts. How many more cups of walnuts did the recipe call for?
1/36 of a cup
Renee had a box of cupcakes, of which she gave 1/2 to her friend Juan. Juan gave 3/4 of his share to his friend Elena. What fractional part of the original box of cupcakes did Elena get?
3/8 of the box of cupcakes
Every day, William's burrito stand uses 1 2/3 bags of tortillas. For how many days will 6 2/3 bags of tortillas last?
4 days
Sarah had a birthday at her house and invited 8 of her friends. Sarah's Mom ordered pizzas for everyone. Each pizza was cut into 8 slices. Jenna ate 9 slices of pizza, Bryan ate 6 slices of pizza, Cole ate one whole pizza and one extra slice and Sarah ate 4 slices. Who ate the most pizza?
Cole and Jenna both ate the same amount. They each had 1 and 1/8 pizzas.