Adding Fractions and Mixed Numbers
1/2 + 2/5 =
9/10
3/4 - 1/3 =
5/12
1/3 times 4/6 =
Write your answer in simplest form.
4/18 = 2/9
1/4 div 3 =
1/12
Six students share 8 cupcakes equally.
How many cupcakes does each student get?
(Write your answer in simplest form.)
8/6 or 1 1/3 cupcakes
3/4 + 2/5=
Write your answer in simplest form.
23/20 = 1 3/20
Solve and write your answer in simplest form.
3 2/3 - 1 3/9 =
1 1/3
Solve. Write your answer in simplest form.
4/9 times 3/5 =
4/15
5 div 1/3 =
15
Ms. Violet has a garden.
She plants flowers on 3/4 of the garden.
2/3 of the flowers are zinnias.
What fraction of the garden is planted with zinnias?
1/2 of the garden is planted with zinnias.
Andrew spent 1 1/2 hours at soccer practice and 1 3/4 hours at a birthday party.
How many hours did Andrew spend at both activities?
Andrew spent
3 1/4
hours at both activities.
Mary solved the problem below but made a mistake. Solve to show Mary's mistake.
2 1/4 - 3/4 = 2 2/4 = 2 1/2
You cannot subtract 3/4 from 1/4.
Mary needs to regroup a whole before subtracting the fractions.
2 1/4 - 3/4
1 1/4 + 4/4
1 5/4 - 3/4 = 1 2/4 = 1 1/2
Draw a model then solve.
1/4 times 2/3 =
Your model should show 8 parts shaded out of a total of 12.
8/12
is equivalent to
2/3
.
Daniel is using apple juice to make juice pops. He has 3 cups of juice, and each juice pop uses 1/2 of a cup of juice. How many juice pops can he make?
Daniel can make 6 juice pops.
Callie ate 1/3 of an apple pie and Chad ate 3/8 of the same pie.
What fraction of the pie was eaten?
17/24
Luke solved the expression below and made a mistake.
3/9 + 6/18 = 9 /18
Solve to find Luke's mistake.
Luke needs to find a common denominator before adding.
3/9 + 6/18 =
6/18 + 6/18 = 12/18
12/18 = 2/3
3 3/10 - 1/2 =
2 3/10
Kate's lemon cookie recipe calls for 3 cups of sugar. How much sugar would Kate use to make 3 1/3 batches of cookies?
Write your answer in simplest form.
Kate uses 10 cups of sugar.
Geo had 1/3 of a pie. He split the pie into 6 equal pieces. What fraction of a pizza was each piece?
1/18
Tiffany ate 1/4 of a pizza.
If there were 16 slices of piece to begin with, how many slices did Tiffany eat?
Tiffany ate 4 slices of pizza.
Billy was collecting scrap pieces of wood for a project.
He found two pieces of wood each 1 3/4 ft long.
He also found a 1/2 ft long piece.
What is the total length of wood he found?
1 3/4 + 1 3/4 + 1/2 =
1 3/4 + 1 3/4 + 2/4 =
4 ft
Solve and write your answer in simplest form.
3 3/8 - 1 3/4 =
1 5/8
Solve and write your answer in simplest form.
3 2/3 times 5 1/4 =
19 1/4
Which story can be represented by
6 div 1/3?
A. Rita has a piece of ribbon that is 3 ft long. She cuts it into 6 pieces, each the same length. How many feet long is each piece of ribbon?
B. Rita has 6 pieces of ribbon. Each piece is 3 foot long. How many feet of ribbon does Rita have in all?
C. Rita has a piece of ribbon that is 6 ft long. She cuts it into pieces that are 1/3 ft long. How many pieces of ribbon does Rita have?
D. Rita has a piece of ribbon that is 6 ft long. She cuts it into 3 pieces. How many feet long is each piece of ribbon?
C. Rita has a piece of ribbon that is 6 ft long. She cuts it into pieces are that 1/3 ft long. How many pieces of ribbon does Rita have?
Rita has 18 pieces of ribbon.
6 div 1/3 =
6/1 times 3/1 = 18/1 = 18
Tammy, Marci, and Wesley bought 1/2 pound of candy. They are sharing the candy equally. How many pounds of candy will each person get?
A. 1/6 pound
B. 1/5 pound
C. 1/3 pound
D. 1/12 pounds
1/2 div 3 =
1/2 times 1/3 = 1/6