+/- Fractions
What does 1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5 = ?
3/5
What does 3 x 5/12 = ?
15/12 OR 1 3/12 OR 1 1/4
Mrs. Davidson is making a gingerbread house. She uses 3/5 a bag of peppermints, 1/5 a bag of Hershey Kisses, and 4/5 a bag gumdrops. How many bags of candy did Mrs. Davidson use?
3/5 + 1/5 + 4/5 = 8/5 OR 1 3/5 bags of candy
Use the line plot in front of you to answer the following:
The line plot shows inches of snow that have fallen over the course of a day. What was the most common amount of snow to fall on a day?
3/8 inches of snow
What is 5 6/10 + 1 2/10 + 3 5/10 = ?
9 13/10 OR 10 3/10
What does 2/4 + 1/4 + 3/4 = ?
6/4 OR 1 2/4 OR 1 1/2
What does 9 x 6/12 = ?
54/12 OR 4 6/12 OR 4 1/2
Mrs. Scanlon is brushing snow off her car. So far, she has brushed off 3/5 of the snow. How much more snow does Mrs. Scanlon have to brush off?
1 - 3/5 = 5/5 - 3/5 = 2/5
Use the line plot in front of you to answer the following:
The line plot shows inches of snow that have fallen over the course of a day. What is the difference between the most amount of snow that fell and the least amount of snow that fell?
1 - 2/8 = 8/8 - 2/8 = 6/8 OR 3/4
What is 5 7/9 - 2 4/9 = ?
3 3/9 OR 3 1/3
What does 12/5 - 7/5 = ?
5/5 OR 1 whole
Which expression(s) are not equivalent to 6/10?
A. 6 x 1/10
B. 2 x 3/10
C. 3 x 3/10
D. 2 x 3 x 1/10
E. 2 x 3/5
C. 3 x 3/10 = 9/10
E. 2 x 3/5 = 6/5
A line plot shows the following data points:
1 3/4, 2 3/4, 2 3/4, 3 1/4, 3 2/4, 4 2/4
What is the difference between the least and greatest data points?
4 2/4 - 1 3/4 = 2 3/4
Use the line plot in front of you to answer the following:
The line plot shows inches of snow that have fallen over the course of a day. If the line plot were broken into fourths, how many data points would fall at 1/4?
One data point
What is 11/100 + 5/10 + 27/100 = ?
88/100
What does 2 3/5 - 1 4/5 = ?
4/5
Mrs. LaTray needs 2 pounds of flour to make holiday cookies. She has 4 bags of flour that weigh 2/5 each. Does she have enough flour to make holiday cookies?
NO
4 x 2/5 = 8/5
8/5 = 5/5 + 3/5
8/5 = 1 3/5 < 2
Mrs. Vetter is stringing lights across her window. The window she is decorating is 7 2/6 feet long. She has one string of lights that is 4 3/6 feet long. What is the minimum length of feet that another set of lights would need to be to cover the whole window?
7 2/6 - 4 3/6 = 3 5/6 feet long
A line plot shows the numbers 0 - 4. Between each whole number there are 5 tick marks. What would a unit fraction of this line plot be equivalent to?
1/6
Create a line plot that shows the following data points:
5/6, 2/6, 5/6, 3/6, 5/6, 1/6, 2/6, 2/4, 4/6
Answer must be checked visually
True or False?
2 3/12 - 1 5/12 > 1 whole
False
10/12 < 1 whole
Mrs. Marshall's favorite holiday song is 2 5/6 minutes long. Mrs. Henderson's favorite holiday song is 9 1/3 minutes long. Mrs. Marshall says she can listen to her favorite song three times before Mrs. Henderson's favorite song is even over. Is she correct?
YES
3 x 2 5/6 = 6 15/6
15/6 = 2 3/6 OR 2 1/2
6 + 2 1/2 = 8 1/2 minutes < 9 1/3
Mr. Hirschler has eaten 2 4/10 candy canes. Ms. Vanderzwan has eaten 1 60/100 candy canes. How many candy canes have Mr. Hirschler and Ms. Vanderzwan eaten all together?
2 4/10 + 1 60/100 =
2 4/10 + 1 6/10 = 3 10/10 OR 4 wholes
2 40/100 + 1 60/100 = 3 100/100 OR 4 wholes
Use the line plot in front of you to answer the following:
The line plot shows inches of snow that have fallen over the course of a day. If you were to add up all the amounts of snow that fell less than 1/2 of an inch, how many inches of snow would you have?
4 x 3/8 + 2/8 = 12/8 + 2/8 = 14/8 OR 1 6/8 OR 1 3/4
Which of the following expressions is less than 1?
A. 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4
B. 5 x 2/5
C. 4/12 + 6/12 + 1/12
D. 2 3/12 - 1 6/12
E. 4 2/8 - 1 5/8
C. 4/12 + 6/12 + 1/12 = 11/12 < 1
D. 2 3/12 - 1 6/12 = 9/12 < 1