Adding Fractions
Makayla refills the fuel for her portable heater before a camping trip. The fuel container has 1/8 pound of fuel. She adds another 3/4 pound of fuel. What equation represents the number of pounds of fuel in the container after she refills it?
7/8
Devon wants to memorize 1/ 2 of his lines for a play by the end of the week. He has already memorized 1/8 of his lines. What fraction of his lines does he still have left to memorize?
3/8
1/4,2/3
12
What is 1/10 of 300?
Write a pair of equivalent fractions for 3/4 and 2/5 using a common denominator of 20.
15/20 and 8/20
Audra budgets the money she earns from pet sitting. She budgets 1/6 for art supplies and 1/4 for savings. What equation represents the amount that Audra budgets for art supplies and savings?
5/12
7/6-1/2
4/6 or 2/3
7/8, 2/3
24
Mischa bakes 865 muffins. She packages 12 muffins in a box. How many boxes of 12 muffins does she package?
72 boxes
Dave is planting a garden. He plants cucumbers in 2/12 of his garden and tomatoes in 2/3 of his garden. What fraction of his garden does Dave plant with cucumbers and tomatoes?
10/12 or 5/6
An obstacle course includes hurdles to jump over. For younger children, the hurdles have a height of 1/2 yard. For older children, the hurdles are 1/6 yard higher. What is the height of the hurdles for the older children?
4/6 or 2/3
2/3-1/6
3/6 or 1/2
Kai asks the students in her class to vote on places they would like to visit. In the class, 3/20 vote for a large city, 3/5 vote for the beach, and 1/4 vote for the mountains. Write a numerical expression using equivalent fractions with a common denominator to model the part of the class that would like to visit these places
3/12+12/20+5/20
A baseball league has 176 baseball players divided equally into 16 teams. How many players are on each team?
11
A bowl of cereal contains 2/3 cup of oats and 2/8 cup of raisins. Write a numerical expression using equivalent fractions with a common denominator to model how many more cups of oats than raisins there are in the bowl.
16/24-6/24
2/3+1/12
9/12 or 3/4
Kendall puts four 1-5-fraction strips in one row, and one 1/10-fraction strip in the row below it. What is the difference in the lengths of these rows?
7/10
rewrite 7/10 and 8/15 with common denominators
21/30 and 16/30
If a cube has a length of 7 cm, a width of 9 cm, and a height of 4 cm, what is the volume?
252 cu cm.
Jackson painted a picture using 1/2 quart of black paint and 5/6 quart of blue paint. How many more quarts of blue paint than black paint did he use to paint the picture?
2/6
Maya makes trail mix by combining 1/2 cup of mixed nuts, 1/4 cup of dried fruit, and 1/8 cup of chocolate morsels. What is the total amount of ingredients in her trail mix?
7/8
5/6-1/12
9/12 or 3/4
3/5, and 1/3
15
857x42
35,994
Ms. Chang spent 4/5 hour cleaning her house and 2/3 hour grocery shopping. Write a numerical expression using equivalent fractions with a common denominator to model how much more time in hours she spent cleaning her house.
12/15-10/15