Sports
A soccer team spends 2/3 of practice time on drills and 1/6 of the time on conditioning.
What fraction of practice time is spent on drills and conditioning altogether?
5/6
During a movie night, Maya eats 2/5 of a bag of popcorn and her brother eats 1/5 of the same bag.
What fraction of the bag of popcorn do they eat altogether?
3/5
Olivia listens to music for 5/6 of an hour in the evening. She listens to pop music for 1/3 of that time.
What fraction of an hour does Olivia listen to pop music?
5/6 ×1/3 =5/18
A student spends 1/2 hour reading and 1/4 hour writing during class. How much total time does the student spend on both activities?
1/2 + 1/4
2/4+ 1/4
3/4 hour
A pizza has 3/4 of it left. If a family eats 1/8 of the pizza, how much pizza remains?
5/8 of the pizza remains
A quarterback completes 7/10 of his passes. In one game, he throws 4/5 of his passes in the first half.
What fraction of his total passes are completed in the first half?
hint- simplify
7/10 × 4/5=14/25
A shelf holds 3/4 of a movie collection. Each shelf holds 1/8 of the total collection.
How many shelves are filled?
3/4 ÷1/8 = 6 shelves
A song is 4 1/2 minutes long. A radio station plays the song 3 times in one hour. How many minutes of the hour are used to play the song?
13 1/2 minutes
During math class, 3/8 of the students finish their work early and 1/8 of the students finish exactly on time. What fraction of the students finish by the end of class?
4/8 = 1/2 of the students
A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of milk. If you make 1/2 of the recipe, how much milk do you need?
1/3 cup of milk
A baseball team wins 5/8 of its games. Of those wins, 2/5 are home games.
What fraction of the total games are home wins?
hint- simplify
5/8 x 2/5 = 1/4
5/9 of a class chooses action movies as their favorite. 1/3 of those students also like comedies.
What fraction of the whole class likes both action and comedy movies?
5/9×1/3=5/27
A playlist lasts 5/6 of an hour. 5/12 of the playlist is made up of upbeat songs.
What fraction of the playlist is not upbeat songs?
5/6−5/12=
5/12
A class period is 1 hour long. Students spend 3/5 of the time working independently and 1/5 of the time in group work. What fraction of the class period is left?
3/5 + 1/5=4/5
5/5-4/5
1/5
A sandwich is 7/8 finished. If someone eats 1/4 of a whole sandwich more, how much of the sandwich is left?
5/8 of the sandwich is left
A team eats 3/4 of a box of granola bars after a game. Each player eats 1/8 of the box.
How many players ate granola bars?
3/4 ÷ 1/8 =6 players
A family spends 7/8 of an hour watching movies. They spend 1/4 of that time watching previews.
What fraction of an hour is spent watching previews?
7/8×1/4=7/32 hour
At a music festival, 1/2 of the time is for bands and 2/6 of the time is for solo artists.
What fraction of the festival time is not used for performances?
1−(1/2+2/6)=
1/6
A student completes 2/3 of a project on Monday and 1/6 of the project on Tuesday. What fraction of the project is finished after two days?
2/3 + 1/6
4/6 + 1/6
5/6
A recipe uses 5/6 cup of flour. If 1/3 of the flour is spilled, how much flour remains?
5/9 cup of flour remains
A hockey game lasts 3/4 of an hour. The first period takes 1/3 of the total game time.
How long is the first period, in fractions of an hour?
hint- simplify
1/3 ×3/4 =1/4 hour
3/5 of the seats in a movie theater are filled. Of those seats, 2/3 are filled by adults.
What fraction of the total seats are filled by adults?
3/5×2/4=2/5
A musician writes 3/5 of a song on Monday and 1/10 of the remaining part on Tuesday. What fraction of the song is still unfinished?
3/5 + 1/10
6/10+ 1/10= 7/10
10/10-7/10=
3/10
A class has 1 1/2 hours for science. They spend 3/4 hour doing experiments. How much time is left?
1 1/2 - 3/4
3/2=6/4
6/4-3/4
3/4 hour
A box holds 12 cookies. 3/4 of the cookies are chocolate chip, and 1/3 of those are eaten. How many chocolate-chip cookies are eaten?
3 chocolate-chip cookies are eaten