adding and subtracting fractions
3/8 + 2/8 + 1/8
6/8
decompose 6/7 using only unit fractions
1/7 + 1/7 + 1/7 + 1/7 + 1/7 + 1/7
4 1/3 + 5 1/3
9 2/3
Change to a mixed number
8/3
2 2/3
Jackson ate 7/12 of a sub sandwich and Marti ate 4/12 of his sandwich. How much more sub sandwich did Jackson eat than Marti?
3/12 of a sub sandwich
2/5 + 1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5
5/5 = 1 whole
Show two ways to decompose the fraction 4/5
Answers will vary
8 3/5 - 6 1/5
2 2/5
Change to a mixed number
45/7
6 3/7
Alfonso drank 2 1/3 quarts of water this morning, and another 1 1/3 quarts at lunch, and 2 quarts of water at dinner. How much water did he drink all day?
5 2/3 quarts
During movie night, Tristan ate 2/9 of a pizza, Lucy ate 2/9 pf a pizza, and Ali ate 4/9 of a pizza. What was the total fraction of pizza eaten?
8/9
Which of the following is a way to decompose 5/8?
a. 2/8 + 2/8 + 2/8 b. 1/8 + 2/8 + 1/8 + 1/8
c. 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 d. 2/8 + 2/8
1/8 + 1/8
b
8 2/7 - 5 5/7
2 4/7
Change to an improper fraction
3 3/10
33/10
Roberta read for 3 3/4 hours last week. Her sister Angelina read for 14/4 hours last week. Which sister read more?
Roberta
Quentin jogged 16/20 of a mile and Jaden jogged 13/20 of a mile. How much further did Quentin jog than Jaden?
3/20 of a mile
Which of the following is NOT a way to decompose 5/9
a. 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9 + 1/9
b. 2/9 + 3/9
c. 2/9 + 1/9 + 1/9
d. 1/9 + 4/9
c
Matilda 3 3/7 during the summer, and 7 4/7 books during the school year. How many total books has Matilda read?
11 books
Jon drove 2 3/8 miles. What is another way to represent this amount?
a. 19/8 b. 13/8
c. 14/8 d. 48/8
a
Bella ordered two mini pizzas. Each pizza was cut into 4 slices. If Bella ate 3/4 of a pizza, how much does she have left?
1 1/4 slices
Lynn is planting a rose garden. 3/12 of her garden is planted in red roses, and 5/12 of her garden is planted in white roses. How much of her garden is left to plant pink roses in?
4/12 of the garden
Kelly is baking green cupcakes for St. Patrick's day. She needs 2 2/4 cups of sugar for her recipe, but she only has a 1/4 cup. How many times will she need to scoop her 1/4 cup to get all of the sugar into her recipe?
She will need 10 scoops
Lavendar started out with 5 1/4 of a jar of paint. She used 2 3/4 of the jar before lunch on an art project. She used another 1 1/4 after lunch on a new project. At the end of the day she added 1 2/4 of a jar of paint back into her jar. How much paint does her jar have in it now
2 3/4 of a jar
In a local town the park is 7/8 of a mile from school, the gas station is 3/8 of a mile from the school, and the library is 5/8 of a mile from the school. If you walk to the library from the school and then back again, how far have you walked? your answer shouldn't be left improper
1 2/8 of a mile
A pan of brownies was cut into 15 pieces equal pieces. Kramer ate 2 pieces, Jerry ate 3 pieces, and Elaine ate 2 pieces, and George ate 1 piece. What fraction of the pan of brownies is left?
7/15 of the pan