Adding Fractions
3/4+2/4
1 1/4
3/4-2/4
1/4
1/3x1/4
1/12
divide 3/8 by 4/5
15/32
You have 3/5 of a litre of water for your plants. If you use 2/3 of the water on one plant, how much water did you use?
Multiply 3/5 by 2/3:
(3 × 2) / (5 × 3) = 6/15 = 2/5
Therefore, you used 2/5 of a litre of water.
4/5+5/10
13/10=1 3/10
2 3/5-2/5
2 1/5
1/2x2/8
Simplified
1/8
divide 1/5 by 5/8
8/25
You are baking a cake, and the recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar. If you are making 5 cakes, how much sugar will you need in total?
Multiply 5 × 3/4:
Therefore, you will need 3 3/4 cups of sugar.
5/9+8/10
1 16/45
4/5-2/3
2/15
1/3x4
1 1/3
4 2/3
A farmer in British Columbia harvests 3/4 of a bushel of apples. If each basket holds 1/3 of a bushel, how many baskets will they need?
Therefore, the farmer will need 9/4 baskets, which is the same as 2 and 1/4 baskets.
Since you can't have a fraction of a basket, the farmer will need 3 baskets to hold all the apples.
3 1/4+ 5 3/7
8 19/28
4/6-2/3
0
4/7x3
1 5/7
divide 7 by 7/8
8
A fisherman in Newfoundland is on a boat trip and has 8/10 of a tank of fuel. If his boat uses 1/4 tank of fuel per day, how many days can he continue his trip before running out of fuel?
Therefore, the fisherman can continue his trip for 3 1/5 days.
2 9/18+ 10 9/18
13
23 3/6-12 1/12
11 5/12
8/9x3
2 2/3
9
Sarah, a Canadian crafter in Ontario, is making gift baskets for a local charity. She has a roll of plaid flannel fabric that is 3 1/2 meters long. Each gift basket requires 1 2/3 meters of fabric. How many gift baskets can Sarah make with the fabric she has?
Therefore, Sarah can make 5 full gift baskets, with some fabric left over (5/6 of a meter).