Mrs. Gemaly measures milk with a 1/2 cup measuring cup. She fills the cup 5 times and pours each 1/2 of a cup of milk into a bowl. How much milk does Mrs. Gemaly pour into the bowl?
1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 = 5/2 OR 2 1/2
OR
5 x 1/2 = 5/2 OR 2 1/2
What is the difference between the tallest and the smallest plant height?
3 7/8 - 3 1/8 = 3 6/8
What is an addition equation to add 2/3 FOUR times?
2/3 + 2/3+ 2/3 + 2/3 =
Mrs. Hilton gives 2/4 of a package of construction paper to each of her 6 students.
6 x 2/4 = 12/4 OR 3
6 x 3
18
Mrs. Gendreau measures water with a 1/4 cup measuring cup. She fills the cup 7 times and pours each 1/4 of a cup into a bowl. How much water does Paco pour into the bowl?
1/4 +1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 = 7 / 4 OR 1 3/4
7 x 1/4 - 7/4 or 1 3/4
True or False? Four of the students jumped farther than 5 1/4.
FALSE. Only 2 students jumped farther.
What is 6 x 1/5 =
6 x 1/5 = 6/5
Change this improper fraction
1 1/5
One serving of grapes is about 3/10 of the whole box of crackers. Mrs. Gendreau eats 3 servings this week. What fraction of the grapes does she eat?
3 x 3/10 = 9/10
8 x 4
32
Crayons come in boxes of 10. For an art project, one group of students uses 1 5/8 boxes of markers, and another group uses 1 6/8 boxes. How many boxes of markers do the two groups use altogether?
1 5/8 + 1 6/8 = 2 11/8 OR 3 3/8
True or False? None of the students jumped 5 3/4.
FALSE
What is 4 x 3/5 ?
4 x 3/5 = 12/5 OR 2 2/5
My dog ate 3/8 of my homework 2 days in a row. How much of my homework did the dog eat?
54
What is the sum of 1 5/8 + 1 6/8?
1 5/8 + 1 6/8 = 2 11/8 OR 3 3/8
True or False? The difference between the longest and shortest jump is 1 2/4.
TRUE.
5 3/4 - 4 1/4 = 1 2/4
What is 3 x 5/8 ?
3 x 5/8 = 15/8 OR 1 7/8
Mr. Darling is baking cookies. One batch of cookies uses 2/4 of a teaspoon of vanilla. Mr. Darling wants to make 3 batches of cookies. How much vanilla does Mr. Darling need?
3 x 2/4 = 6/4 OR 1 2/4
5 x 5
25
Mrs. Reidy picks carrots and beats from her garden. She picks 4 1/4 pounds of carrots and 1 3/4 pounds of beats. How many more pounds of carrots does she pick than beats?
Remember what "how many more" means? addition or subtraction?
4 1/4 - 1 3/4 = Cant subtract this, you must convert 4 into 3 and 4/4, then add the 3 4/4 + 1/4 = 3 5/4
Now you can subtract because the numerator is bigger.
3 5/4 - 1 3/ 4 = 2 2/4.
Ms. Wilson jumped 5 2/4. Mrs. Hiltons was the shortest jump shown on the line plot. What is the combined distance in feet, of Ms. Wilson and Mrs. Hilton's jumps?
5 2/4 + 4 1/4 = 9 3/4 feet
9 x 1/6?
9 x 1/6 = 9/6 OR 1 3/6
4 x 11/4 =
4 x 11/4 = 44/4 OR 11
9,000,000 x 1