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Lara is baking cookies. One recipe uses 3/4 cup of sugar, and another uses 2/5 cup.
How much sugar does she need in total?
1 3/20 cups
Julia bought 2 1/2 meters of ribbon for a project. She used 1 3/4 meters for decorations. How much ribbon does she have left?
3/4 meters left
Carla is making crafts. She uses 2/3 of a meter of string for each bracelet. If she makes 3 bracelets, how many meters of string does she use?
2 meters
A cake recipe requires 1/2 cup of sugar per layer. If you have 2 cups of sugar, how many layers can you make?
4 layers
Marco wrote 6/11 and said 6 means the total parts of the whole.
What mistake did he make?
He confused the numerator with the denominator.
6 is the numerator – parts taken, not total parts.
A student reads 2/3 of a book on Monday and 3/8 of it on Tuesday.
How much of the book has the student read in total?
1 1/24 of the book
Luis ran 4 2/3 kilometers in the morning and 2 5/6 kilometers in the afternoon. How much farther did he run in the morning than in the afternoon?
1 5/6 kilometers
A student spends 3/4 of an hour on homework. Of that time, 2/5 is spent on math. How many hours were spent on math homework?
3/10 hour
James has 3/4 meter of fabric. Each pouch he sews requires 1/8 meter. How many pouches can he make?
6 pouches
Tina says the numerator is always smaller than the denominator. Is she correct?
No. That’s true for proper fractions, but not for improper fractions.
Jomar is jogging laps around a park. In one session, he jogged 5/6 of the track, and later, he added 3/4 of the track.
How much of the track did he jog in total?
1 7/12 of the track
A recipe needs 3 1/4 cups of flour. Trina already added 2 2/5 cups. How much more flour does she need?
17/20 cups
A recipe needs 1 1/2 cups of flour per batch. If Jessa prepares 2 1/3 batches, how much flour does she use?
3 1/2 cups
A bottle contains 2 1/2 liters of juice. If each glass holds 5/6 liter, how many full glasses can be served?
3 glasses
A student said 11/11 is an improper fraction. The teacher said, “That’s not all.” Why?
11/11 is also a whole number (1), not just an improper fraction.
A carpenter uses 2 1/5 meters of wood for a shelf and 3 2/3 meters for a table.
What is the total length of wood used?
5 13/15 meters
A tank was filled with 5 3/5 liters of water. After a leak, 2 7/8 liters remained. How much water leaked out?
109/40 = 2 29/40 liters leaked
A field has an area of 5 1/4 hectares. A farmer plants corn on 2/3 of it. What is the area used for corn?
3 1/2 hectares
A baker has 6 2/3 cups of flour. If each loaf of bread needs 1 1/3 cups, how many loaves can he bake?
5 loaves
Jamie claimed 3 2/2 is a proper mixed number. The teacher marked it incorrect. Why?
2/2 equals 1, so 3 2/2 = 4, a whole number. A proper mixed number must have a proper fraction (less than 1).
A farmer collects water from three tanks in one day. The first tank gave 3 5/8 liters, the second gave 2 3/4 liters, and the third gave 4 2/3 liters.
What is the total amount of water collected?
11 1/24 liters of water collected.
A farmer harvested 7 1/2 sacks of rice on Monday and 4 2/3 sacks on Tuesday. How many more sacks did he harvest on Monday?
17/6 = 2 5/6 sacks
A tank can hold 4 3/5 gallons of water. If only 5/8 of it is filled, how many gallons are currently in the tank?
2 7/8 gallons
A baker has 6 2/3 cups of flour. If each loaf of bread needs 1 1/3 cups, how many loaves can he bake?
9 plants
In a quiz, students had to describe three fraction types: 5/8, 9/4, and 1 2/5. Identify the type of each fraction and explain their key differences.
5/8 is a Proper Fraction – numerator is less than the denominator. 9/4 is an Improper Fraction – numerator is greater than the denominator. 1 2/5 is a Mixed Number – a whole number and a proper fraction combined.