Add & Subtract
What is 2/5 + 1/5?
3/5
What is 1/2 × 1/3?
1/6
What is 1 ÷ 2? (write as a fraction)
1/2
If 2/3 of a group are girls and there are 24 students total, how many are girls?
16 girls
Mia drank 1/2 of a bottle of water. Later, she drank 1/4 more. How much water did she drink total?
3/4
Add 3/8 and 1/4.
5/8
Multiply 2/5 × 3/4
6/20 or 3/10
1 ÷ 1/4
4
Emily baked a pie and ate 1/4 of it. Later, her brother ate 2/8 of the same pie. How much pie is left?
1/2 is left
Alex ate 2/3 of a pizza. If the whole pizza had 12 slices, how many slices did he eat?
8
Subtract 7/10 - 2/5.
3/10
What is the area of a rectangle with sides 3/5 and 4/6?
13/30 or 2/5 square units
3 ÷ 1/2
6
Liam biked 3 1/4 miles on Monday and 2 3/5 miles on Tuesday. How much farther did he bike on Monday than on Tuesday?
Liam biked 13/20 miles farther on Monday.
A class spent 3/4 of an hour on math and 2/5 of an hour on reading. How much total time was spent?
23/20 or 1 3/20
5/6 - 1/3
1/2
Dorian walksat n average speed of 2 1/2 miles per hour. H walks for 3/4 hour. How many miles does he walk?
1 7/8 miles
There are 5 cups of oatmeal in a container. Stella eats 1/3 cup of oatmeal every day for breakfast. In how many days will stella finish all the oatmeal in the container?
15 days
A recipe calls for 1 2/3 cups of flour per cake. Olivia is baking 3 cakes. She only has 4 1/4 cups of flour. Will she have enough? If not, how much more does she need?
no she needs 3/4 cup more
Sarah read 5/6 of her book. She wants to read 1/3 more tomorrow. Will she finish the book?
Yes, she’ll read more than the whole book (5/6 + 1/3 = 7/6)
Tyler ran 2/3 of a mile on Monday and 3/4 of a mile on Tuesday. How far did he run altogether?
17/12 or 1 5/12 miles
Tom claims that the product of 42 x 5/8 will be greater than 42. Is Tom correct? Explain WITHOUT calculating the product.
Tom is incorrect because when you multiply by a fraction less than the product will be smaller.
Nick, Joe and Kevin equally shared 1/2 of a pie. Which fraction of the whole pie did each of them receive?
1/6
Jordan has 6 yards of ribbon. He cuts the ribbon into pieces that are 3/4 of a yard long. He uses 2 of those pieces for a project. How much ribbon does he have left?
4 1/2
John biked for 2 1/4 hours and then swam for 1 2/3 hours. How much total time did he spend exercising?
3 11/12