Fractions
The top number of the fraction is called________.
Numerator
Ned collected forty-two cans to recycle on Monday and forty-four more on Tuesday. How many cans did Ned collect all together?
86 cans.
Calvin paints pictures and sells them at art shows. He charges $56.25 for a large painting. He charges $25.80 for a small painting. Last month he sold six large paintings and three small paintings. How much did he make in all? Show your work and label your answer.
$414.90
If you are charged $22.92 for 16.5 gallons of gas, what is the price of gasoline per gallon? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
$1.39
2+(5×4)-7+2=
17
Maria's new puppy weighed 3 1⁄8 pounds. After a month it had gained 8 7⁄8 pounds. What is the weight of the puppy after a month?
12 pounds
Ned bought 331 pieces of candy to give to 35 of his friends. If he wants to give each friend the same amount, how many pieces would he have left over?
16 left over.
Carly makes $8.35 per hour. Carly worked 16 hours in one week. Carly wants to purchase a bike that costs $70.00. How much money will Carly have after she purchases the bike?
$63.60
Ms. McGarity went to the grocery store to buy some groceries. She bought 2 loaves of bread at $1.39 per loaf, 4 boxes of cookies at $3.45 per box, and 1 gallon of milk at $3.99. How much money did Ms. McGarity spend?
$20.57
On Thursday the Meat King Market sold 210 pounds of ground beef. On Friday they sold twice that amount. On Saturday they only sold 130 pounds. How much more meat did they sell on Friday than Saturday?
290 pounds.
A rectangular room is 10 2/5 feet long and 9 4/5 feet wide. How many skirting boards would I need to purchase for this room if they come in 1 feet lengths
40 boards
Paige was building a LEGO tower. She built it with 822 stories and with 13 blocks on each story. How many LEGO blocks would she have used?
10,686 LEGO blocks.
Marcus had $450. He spent $250 on a DVD player. He then spent $80 of the remaining money on a jacket. How much money does Marcus have left?
$120
A gallon of water weighs 8.3 pounds. How many gallons of water are in 614.2 pounds?
74 gallons.
John's building a sandbox for his son. It is 7 1/2 feet long, 6.2 wide, and 2 feet tall. What is the volume of the sandbox?
93 cubic feet.
Tom's sugar cookie recipe calls for 1 and 1/2 of a cups of sugar. How much sugar would Tom use to make ½ of a batch of cookies?
3/4 cups of sugar.
A golf course driving range goes through 173 golf balls a day. How many golf balls would they go through in 797 days?
137,881
Amy operates an orange juice stand. On Monday she used 1 2/5 bags of oranges. On Tuesday she used 1 1/4 times as many oranges as on Monday. How many bags of oranges did Amy use altogether?
3 3/20 bags of oranges.
Billie runs daily as part of an exercise plan. On Sunday she ran 8.3 miles, on Monday 5.1 miles, on Tuesday 5.75 miles, on Wednesday 5.6 miles, on Thursday 4.25 miles, and 6 miles on Saturday. How many miles did she run this week?
35 miles.
5th grade students are going on a field trip. There are 113 fifth graders going and 8 adults. Each bus holds 25 students. How many buses are needed for the field trip?
5 buses.
Isabel had 5 1⁄2 cups of flour. If she used 3 1⁄4 cups baking, how much flour did she have left?
2 1/4 cups of flour.
Billy has a hamster cage that is 12 inches long, 8 inches high, and 4 inches wide. What is the volume of the cage?
384 cubic inches.
Sara is making a dance outfit. She needs 2.5 yard of fabric for the shawl. She needs 1.25 yards of fabric for the dress. If she has 3 yards of fabric, how much more does she need?
0.75 yards more.
Mr. Adams drives a school bus twice a day for 5 days a week. Each trip averages 35.8 miles. In one week Mr. Adams drives how many miles?
358 miles.
You start a trip when your odometer reads 23,672 miles, and you have a full tank of gas. After driving a few hours, your odometer reads 23,927, how many miles did you drive?
255 miles