Fractions
Cari had 56 pieces of fruit. Three-fourths of the fruit are oranges. How many pieces of fruit are oranges?
Cari had 42 oranges.
Farmer Zeiders was dividing up her one-sixth of an acre of land between her 2 children. Since each child got the same amount of land, what fraction of the acre did each child get?
Each child will get 1/12 of the acre of land.
On Monday, Yuri ran 2 1/2 miles, and on Tuesday she ran 2 1/8 miles. How far did she run on these two days?
Yuri ran 4 5/8 miles on these two days.
Jason has 5 1/4 pizzas leftover from a birthday party. He 7/8 of one pizza for lunch. How much pizza was left after he ate lunch?
Jason had 4 3/8 pizza left.
Change 139/6 into a mixed number.
23 1/6
Fidan has 40 books. She decides to donate 2/5 of the books to the school book drive. How many books did Fidan donate?
Fidan will donate 16 books.
How many one-half cup servings are in 10 cups of chocolate chips?
There are 20 one-half cup servings of chocolate chips.
Kathy uses 8 2/9 bags of yellow beads and 3 5/18 bags of orange beads for a project in art class. How many bags of yellow and orange beads did Kathy use for the project?
Kathy used 11 1/2 bags of beads for the project.
Farmer Mohnke has an eighty-five acre farm. She planted 6 1/8 acres of wheat and 4 2/3 acres of potatoes. She used the rest as grazing land for her pigs. How many more acres did Farmer Mohnke plant of wheat than potatoes?
Farmer Mohnke planted 1 3/8 acres more of wheat.
How would you write 6 1/2 as a decimal?
6.5
They ate 2 2/5 candy bars.
Adrianna wants to share 1/2 of a pan of brownies between herself and three friends. How much of the pan of brownies will each person get?
Each person will get 1/8 of the pan of brownies. YUM!
Lucy watched videos for 2/3 hour, played a game for 5/8 hour, and practiced adding fractions for 1 1/6 hours. How many hours did Lucy spend on these three activities?
Lucy spent 2 11/24 hours on these three activities.
Ms. Heisler bought 2 2/3 pounds of peaches and 4.5 pounds of cucumbers at the grocery store. How many more pounds of cucumbers than peaches did Ms. Heisler purchase?
She purchased 1 5/6 pounds more of cucumbers.
Mrs. Miller is training for a marathon and runs 2 miles three times a week. How far will she run in eight weeks?
Mrs. Miller will run 48 miles in eight weeks.
The drive from Mrs. Miller's apartment to Pattison takes 28 minutes. When Mrs. Steffens called to see how far she had gone, Mrs. Miller said 3/4 of the way. How many minutes had she been driving?
Petsmart had 5 cats to feed. If they only had one-fourth of a bag of cat food and each cat got the same amount, what fraction of the bag would each cat get?
Each cat would get 1/20 of the bag of cat food.
What whole number do you get when you simplify the expression 31 3/4 + 6 2/8?
38 wholes
James and Tommy are baking a cake for Mrs. Poole's birthday. The recipe calls for 4 3/4 cups of flour. James measured 1 1/3 cups of flour, and Tommy measured 1 1/2 cups of flour. How much MORE flour do they need for the cake?
They need 1 11/12 cups of flour.
Which of the following is not equivalent to 10/16?
5/8
14/20
50/80
20/32
14/20 is not equivalent to 10/16.
Jonathan has 140 pairs of shoes. 2/7 of his shoes are Reebok. How many pairs of shoes are not Reebok?
100 pairs of Jonathan's shoes are not Reebok.
At Jimmy Changas, six people were at a table when the waiter brought out 1/8 of a bowl of queso. If they split the bowl of queso evenly, how much would each person get?
Each person would get 1/48 of the bowl of queso. That's not very much queso...
Matthew picked 7.5 baskets of oranges. Owen picked 9 1/2 baskets of oranges. How many baskets of oranges did Matthew and Owen pick together?
They picked 17 baskets of oranges together.
Connor built a volcano model for his science class. The volcano sits on an 8 4/5 pound board. The entire model including the board weighs 12 3/10 pounds. How many pounds does Connor's volcano weigh?
His volcano weighs 3 1/2 pounds.
What is 1/3 x 4/5?
4/15