Word Problems
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Improper to Mixed
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Namby-Pamby
100

Ms. Delay is packing a box of chocolates. She filled 3/12 of the box with caramel chocolates and 5/12 of the box with milk chocolates. The leftover portion of the box was dark chocolate. What fraction of the box was dark chocolate.

4/12

100

What is 5 2/3 as an improper fraction.

17/3

100
What is 54/5 as a mixed number?

10 4/5

100
3 4/10 + 2 8/10 = ?

6 2/10

100

What is Ethan's job title in "Colonial Voices?"

Errand Boy

200

Mrs. Arrowood bought 5 red velvet cakes and cut each into 6 pieces. Pam ate 4/6 of her cake, Kelly ate 5/6 of her cake, Lindsay ate 2/6 of her cake, and Chelsea ate 3/6 of her cake. How much cake was left over after they ate.

2 4/6

200

What is 9 7/8 as an improper fraction.

79/8

200

What is 13/6 as a mixed number?

2 1/6

200

7 1/8 - 5 3/8 = ?

1 6/8

200

Mrs. Luzon ordered 6 pizzas from Papa Johns.  Dora ate 4/8 of a pizza, her sister ate 3/8 of a pizza, and her dad ate 6/8 of a pizza.  How much of the pizza was left over after they finished eating?



4 3/8

300
Three teachers were sharing a chicken pot pie. Together, they ate 9/12 of the pot pie. Which of the following could show how much the teachers ate?


A. 1/12 + 4/12 + 4

B. 3/12 + 3/12 + 3/10

C. 5/12 + 1/12 + 3/12

D. 2/12 + 4/12 + 6/12

C

300

What is 5 5/12 as an improper fraction.

65/12

300

What is 83/9 as a mixed number?

9 2/9

300

4 2/6 + 3 3/6 = ?

7 5/6

300

Aurelius prepared for a race by running each day.  The numbers below shows how far she ran on Thursday and Friday.  If Aurelius’ goal was to run 9 miles, how far will she need to run on Saturday to make her goal?


Thursday - 2 4/10

Friday 3 3/10

3 3/10

400

Andy made his classic spicy fruit punch for his classroom party. He used the following ingredients:

  • 4 2/5 liters of fruit punch Kool-Aid

  • 1 3/5 liters of jalapeno juice

When the party was over, there were 1 3/5 liters of spicy fruit punch left.  How many liters of spicy fruit punch did Andy’s class drink?

2 2/5

400

What is 6 3/9 as an improper fraction.

57/9

400

What is 149/6 as a mixed number?

24 5/6

400

8 - 4 2/3 = ?

3 1/3

400

Can you find a way to make the number 23 ONLY using the number 2?

Use Fractions! 22 2/2

500

Jermasty's purse weighs 8 pounds. It was far too heavy! She took out her make-up bag and lint roller.


Her make-up bag weighs 3 1/6 pounds.

Her lint roller weighs 1 4/6 pounds.


How much did her purse weight after she removed the two items?

3 1/6

500

What is 7 2/4 as an improper fraction?

30/4

500
What is 25/4 as a mixed number?

6 1/4

500

4 - 1 7/12 = ?

2 5/12

500

What is full of holes but can hold water?

A sponge.

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