Adding fractions
1/4 + 2/4
3/4
Find a fraction equivalent to 8/7
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16/14
24/21
On Friday, many of the students were missing in class. 1/8 of the class went to a basketball tournament and 1/8 of the class called in sick. What fraction of the class was in school?
6/8 or 3/4 was in school
3/4 - 2/4
1/4
Use the symbols to compare the fractions <, >, =.
3/4 _____ 5/8
3/4 < 5/8
5/8 + 8/8
1 5/8
Decompose this fraction in 2 different ways!
3 2/3
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9/3 + 1/3 + 1/3
2/3 + 9/3
Ms. Bloom has 15/16 of a pack of construction papers at her desk. Ms. Bloom takes another 2 new packs of construction papers to the class for an art project. The students use 13/16 pack for the art project. How many packs of construction papers are left?
1 3/4 packs left
6 3/5 - 1/5
6 2/5
Use the symbols to compare the fractions <, >, =.
11/12 ____ 3/4
11/12 > 3/4
5 9/20 + 13/20
6 2/20
1/2
Ms. Bloom had 4 7/12 boxes of pencils but 2 1/12 boxes of the pencils were broken. After she threw out the broken pencils, how many boxes of pencils were left?
2 1/2 or 2 6/12 boxes of pencils are left
7 1/4 - 3/4
6 2/4
Use the symbols to compare the fractions <, >, =.
8/9 ____ 2/3
8/9 > 2/3
3 3/10 + 4 4/10
7 7/10
Decompose this fraction in two ways
33/7
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Ms. Bloom brought 4 packs of treats for Halloween. She gave away 2 1/9 packs of treats to her class and gave away 5/9 packs of treats to the 2 classes of kindergarten students that came to her class for trick-or-treating. How many packs of treats did she have left?
she had 1 1/3 OR 1 3/9 of the treats left
2 5/9 - 8/9
1 6/9
Use the symbols to compare the fractions <, >, =.
5/7 ____ 11/14
5/7 < 11/14
3 4/10 + 6 2/10 + 8 6/10
18 2/10
Can you compare two diagrams that are not the same length or size?
No, they have to be the same size to be able to compare!
Ms. Bloom spent 1 5/12 hours in preparing for her class and spent 2 1/12 hours teaching the class. Later that day, she spent 1 11/12 hours cleaning her work desk at home. How much time did she spend on working this day?
She spent 3 1/2 OR 3 6/12 hours working
5 2/5 - 3/5
4 4/5
Use the symbols to compare the fractions <, >, =.
3/4 ___ 9/12
3/4 = 9/12