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100

What is the least common denominator for adding  1/2, 2/3, and 4/9 ?

What is 18

100

Add  5/6 + 3/4 using the least common denominator.

What is 

19/12 or 1 7/12

100

Solve the problem below.  Be sure to simplify the solution.

3/10 (6/5)

What is 

9/25

100

The brownie recipe calls for  1 1/3 cups of sugar and  2 3/4 cups of flour.  What is the total amount of dry ingredients?  

What is

4 1/12

cups?

200

If you have the fraction  3/4 , what is its equivalent fraction with a denominator of 16?

What is 

12/16?

200

Solve the problem below.  Make sure to simplify your answer.  

6 1/9 - 2 1/3

What is 

3 7/9?

200

What is 

5 divide 1/2

What is 10?

200

To make the haunted hallway student council needs streamers that are  5 1/2 feet long.  For each 100 feet of streamers.  How many can they cut?

What is 18 streamers?

300

True or False:   6/8 is equivalent to  7/9 ?  Prove your reasoning.

What is false.  Share reasoning.

300

What is 

4 1/3 + 1 5/6

What is 

6 1/6?

300

Solve the problem below.  Be sure to simplify.

5/8 divide 1/4

What is 

5/2 or 2.5

300

Mrs. Newman has the goal of walking 7/8 of a mile each morning.  If she walks to the bus stop and back, which is 1/3 of a mile from her home, how much more does she need to walk to meet her goal?

What is

5/24

?

400

Find an equivalent fraction for  2/3 that has a numerator of 12.

What is 

12/18?

400

Calculate 

3 1/2 - 1 7/8

What is 

1 5/8?

400

What is 

1 1/2 times 2 1/3

What is 

7/2 or 3.5

400

You are decorating for Halloween.  Each ghost requires

3 2/3

square yards of fabric.  If you want to make 12 ghosts, how much fabric do you need?

What is 44 square yards of fabric?

500

Explain how you can determine if two fractions are equivalent.

Share answers

500

Evaluate  7 - 3 2/3+ 3/4 


What is 

4 1/12

500

If the area of a rectangle is  3 1/2 square meters and one of the sides measures  1 1/4 meters.  What is the length of the other side of the rectangle?

What is

14/5 or 2 4/5

meters?

500

There are 76 students on team sun.  If  3/4 of them are going to the dance, how many of them are not going to the dance?

What is 19 students?

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