Adding Fractions
Adding unlike fractions:
Ms. Bloom brought 4 packs of treats for Halloween. She gave away 21 9 packs of treats to her class and gave away 5 9 packs of treats to the 2 classes of kindergarten students that came to her class for trick-or-treating. How many packs of treats did she have left?
4−2 1/9 −5/9 =1 3/9 (𝑜𝑟 1 1/3 )
She had 1 1/3 bag of treats left
Subtract unlike fractions:
5/9 - 1/3 =
2/9
Convert mixed numbers to fractions
5 3/5
28/5
There was 5/8 of a pie left in the fridge. Daniel ate 1/4 pie. How much of a pie did he have?
5/8 ×1/4 = 5 32
Daniel had 5 32 of the pie
fractions to percent 7/100
7%
Adding fractions:
On Friday, many of the students were missing in her class. 1/8 the class went to a basketball tournament and 1/8 of of the class called in sick. What fraction of the class was in school?
1−1/8 −1/8 =6/8 (𝑜𝑟3/4 )
3/4 of the class was in school.
Subtract unlike fractions:
3/24 - 3/12 =
3/24 or 1/8
Fractions to mixed numbers:
9/5
1 4/5
Olivia took out 8 glasses and poured juice from the pitcher. The capacity of each glass is 3/10 liter. If there was enough juice for 6 glasses, how much juice was there?
3/10 ×6= 1 4/5
here was 1 4/5 liter of juice.
fractions to percent 2/100
2%
Adding fractions
Ms. Bloom has 15/16 of a pack of construction papers at her desk. Ms. Bloom takes another 2 new packs of construction papers to the class for an art project. The students use 1 3/16 pack for the art project. How many packs of construction papers are left?
15/16 + 2−1 3/16 =1 12/16 (𝑜𝑟 1 3/4 )
1 3/4 pack of construction papers are left.
Subtract like fractions
17/18 - 12/18 =
5/18
Equivalent fractions (2 fractions)
3/4 = 6 /_
6/8
Pam baked some cupcakes for her friends. She baked 24 cupcakes. Each cupcake is 2/15 pound. If she packed 6 cupcakes in each box, what is the weight of each box?
2 /15 ×6= 4/5
The weight of each box is 4 5 pounds.
fractions to percent 55/100
55%
Adding unlike fractions
Ms. Bloom received 2 1/7 her class and 5/7 bags of chocolate for Valentine’s from of a bag of chocolates from a few students from last year’s class. She shared 1 2/7 with other teachers and took the rest of the chocolate home. How many bags of chocolate did she take home?
2 1/7 +5/7 −1 2/7 =1 4/7
She took home 1 4/7 bag of chocolates.
Subtract unlike fractions
3/4 - 1/2
1/4
Simplify fractions:
15/50
3/10
According to a recipe, each batch of pancake mix can make 12 pancakes. Kathy is making 3 batches for a brunch party. If each batch needs 7/12 cups of milk, how much milk does she need in total ?
7/12 ×3=1 3/4
She needs 1 3/4 cups of milk in total.
fractions to percent 40/50
80%
Ms. Bloom spent 1 5/12 hours in preparing for her class and spent2 1/12 hours teaching the class. Later that day, she spent 1 11/12 cleaning her work desk at home. How much time did she spend on working this day?
1 5 /2 +2 1/12 =3 6/12 (𝑜𝑟 31 2 )
She spent 3 1/2 hours on working.
Subtracting unlike fractions
15/16 - 7/8
1/16
Find common denominators for the following fractions:
2/6 and 1/4
4/12 and 3/12
There are 7/8 kilograms of salt in the kitchen. Mrs. Jackson used 2/15 of the salt when she was preparing dinner. How much salt did she use?
7/8 ×2/15 = 7/60
She used 7/60 of a kilogram of salt.
fractions to percent 7 5/20
725%