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On Friday, it rained for 3 1/3 hours. On Monday, it rained for 4 1/3 hours. How much more did it rain on Monday than on Friday
It rained 1 hour more on Monday than on Friday.
The pitcher of sweet tea at the Wilson house contains 4 2/3 pints of tea. Mrs. Wilson adds 1 2/3 more pints to the container. How many pints are in the pitcher now?
The pitcher has 6 1/3 pints of tea now.
Bobby records two of his favorite television programs. One program lasts 1 1/3 hours and the other one lasts 2 2/3 hours. How much time will Bobby need to watch both of his recorded programs?
Bobby will need 4 hours to watch both of his recorded programs.
Steve slept for 8 4/6 hours last night. This is 2 5/6 hours more than his little brother slept. How long did Steve’s little brother sleep?
Steve's little brother slept for 11 1/2 hours.
One popcorn cart has 5 6/8 full popcorn cups, another popcorn cart has 7 7/8 full popcorn cups, and a third popcorn cart has just 2 5/8 popcorn cups. How many popcorn cups are there altogether? Express your answer as a mixed number.
There are 16 1/4 full popcorn cups.
Two friends are reading the same book for a reading group. Jackson read 3/4 of the assigned reading. Maribel, on the other hand, only read 1/4 of the assigned reading. Determine the difference in the two amounts.
1/2
Jeffery can hold his breath for 1/3 of a minute. Blake can hold his breath for 2/3 of a minute. How much longer can Blake hold his breath than Jeffery?
Blake can hold his breath 1/3 of a minute longer than Jeffery.
A construction worker has a piece of wood that is 8 1/4 feet long. He cuts a piece off that is 3 3/4 feet long. Determine the length remaining on the original piece of wood.
There are 4 1/2 feet left of the original piece of wood.
A carnival is coming to town! Three-eighths of the carnival workers are ride operators, 1/4 of the workers are game operators, and one-eighth of the workers operate concession stands. The rest of the carnival workers are ticket sellers. What fraction of the carnival workers are ticket sellers?
One-fourth of the carnival workers are ticket sellers.
The roller coaster has twelve identical cars. Each one is 5 2/3 feet long. If they were all lined up front to back, how long would the line of cars be?
The line of cars would be 68 feet long.
A recipe requires 7/8 cup of water and 3/8 cup of milk. The recipe also needs 1/8 cup of oil. What is the combined amount of liquid needed for this recipe?
1 3/8 cup of combined liquid is needed.
TRIPLE JEOPARDY!!!
For her fruit cake, Madison needs 2 1/4 cups of cherries and 3 3/4 cups of pineapples. How many more cups of pineapples does Madison need?
Madison needs 1 1/2 cups more of pineapple.
Hayden rode his bike for 1 1/3 hours on Friday. On Saturday, he rode his bike for 2 2/3 hours longer than on Friday. How long did Hayden ride his bike on Saturday?
Hayden rode his bike for 4 hours on Saturday.
The popcorn popper isn't working correctly, and is only popping 9/10 of the popcorn kernels. How many popcorn kernels will remain unpopped if 100 popcorn kernels are added to the popper?
10 popcorn kernels will remain unpopped.
If each roller coaster car weighs 1/6 of a ton, and altogether the roller coaster cars weigh 2 5/6 tons, how many roller coaster cars are there altogether?
There are 17 roller coaster cards altogether.
When Alan was in fifth grade, he grew 8/12 of an inch. In sixth grade, he grew 6/12 of an inch. How much more did Alan grow in fifth grade than in sixth grade?
He grew 1/6 of an inch more in fifth grade than in sixth grade.
Over the weekend, Tonya spent 1 4/12 hours on her science project and 2 2/12 hours on her social studies project. How long did Tonya spend on both her science project and social studies project together?
Tonya spent 3 1/2 hours on both her science and social studies project together.
Heath participated in a hot dog eating contest. He ate 6 3/4 hot dogs and then stopped for a water break. Then he ate 8 1/4 more hot dogs. How many hot dogs did Heath eat in the contest?
Heath ate 15 hot dogs in the contest.
The Ferris wheel has 8 cars that can each hold 3 people. Seven of the cars are 2/3 full, and the last car has one person in it. If all of the people on the Ferris wheel were taken off and put back on so that 3 people were in each car, what fraction of the cars would be full?
Five-eighths of the cards would be full.
The airplane ride has 5 airplanes that are slightly different lengths. Order the airplanes from shortest to longest.
Green Airplane - 44.58 in
Red Airplane - 44.49 in
Orange Airplane - 44.61 in
Pink Airplane - 44.59 in
Blue Airplane - 44.60 in
From shortest to longest, the planes are red, green, pink, blue, and orange.
Before leaving for a trip to the mall, Ansley had 4 5/6 gallons of gas. When she returned home, she had 2 3/6 gallons of gas. How much gas did Ansley use on her trip?
Ansley used 2 1/3 gallons of gas on her trip.
Mark and Aiden work for the same company. Mark has worked for the company for 7 1/2 years. Aiden has worked for the company for 1 1/2 years longer than Mark. How long has Aiden worked for the company?
Aiden has worked for the company for 9 years.
Deborah loves working on craft projects. She recently bought 4 5/8 yards of fabric. She used 1 4/8 yards on a craft project for her daughter. How much fabric does Deborah have remaining?
Deborah has 3 1/8 yards of fabric left.
d-o-u-b-l-e jeopardy!!!
Each morning, a carnival worker makes one batch of the following cotton candy flavors: blue raspberry, strawberry, and lemon. At noon, two- thirds of the blue raspberry is left, five-sixths of the strawberry is left, and nine-twelfths of the lemon is left. Put the fractions of remaining cotton candy in order from least to greatest.
2/3 < 9/12 < 5/6
OR
2/3 < 3/4 < 5/6
Two of the five new bumper cars are blue. If the carnival manager wants the same fraction of blue bumper cars when he has 25 bumper cars total, how many bumper cars should be blue?
Ten bumper cars should be blue.