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1/7 + 2/7 =
3/7
4/6 - 2/6 =
2/6
Mrs. Fischer read for 2/6 of an hour. Mrs. Selchow read for 3/6 of an hour. How much did they read together?
5/6 of an hour
4/9 + 2/9 + 1/9 =
7/9
2/8 + 5/8 =
7/8
5/8 - 1/8 =
4/8
Mrs. Chilson hiked in the woods for 5/7 of an hour. Mrs. Michaelson hiked in the woods for 1/7 or an hour. How much did they hike together?
6/7 of an hour
12/20 - 6/20 - 4/20 =
2/20
2/10 + 7/10 =
9/10
8/12 - 1/12 =
7/12
Mr. Amundson bought a piece of wood to make into cribbage boards. The piece of wood was 9/10 yards long. He cut off 2/10 yards to make the first cribbage board. How much of the piece of wood was left?
7/10 yards
10/40 of the Skittles in bag were purple, 8/40 were red, 16/40 were green, 2/20 were yellow and 4/20 were orange. What fraction of the Skittles were purple or orange?
14/40 of the Skittles
2/12 + 4/12 =
6/12
11/15 - 4/15 =
7/15
Mrs. Chilson, Mrs. Fischer and Mrs. Selchow bought 14/16 pounsa of sea salt caramels. Together they ate 8/16 pounds of the caramels. How much was left?
6/16 pounds
Bob walked 3/17 miles, Jim walked 5/17 miles and Sally walked 7/17 miles. How much did they walk altogether?
15/17 miles
4/7 + 1/7 =
5/7
16/20 - 10/20 =
6/20
Mr. Amundson bought 3/12 yards of red ribbon and 5/12 yards of green ribbon. How much ribbon did he buy in all?
8/12 yards
6/14 + 4/14 - 3/14 =
7/14