Adding fractions
What is 4/12 + 5/12?
9/12
Find the missing value: 3/5 = ?/20
12
Write 18/5 as a mixed number.
3 3/5
A chef bought ⁷⁄₁₂ pounds of carrots. If he later bought another ⁵⁄₁₂ pounds of carrots, what is the total weight of carrots he bought?
12/12 = 1 pound
What is 11/12 - 5/12 ?
6/12
Find the missing value: 2/3 = ?/21
14
What is the definition of the word "numerator"?
the number above the fraction bar that shows the number of equal parts of the whole or set
Sam drew a line that was 2/10 inches long. If he drew a second line that was 4/10 inches longer, what is the length of the second line?
6/10 inches
Solve. 3 2/12 + 2 4/12.
5 6/12
What is 78/8 - 15/8 =
63/8 = 7 7/8
List 4 fractions that are equivalent to: 2/6
answers may vary ... 1/3, 3/9, 4/12, 5/15, 6/18, 7/21, 8/24
Convert 23/3 into a mixed number.
7 2/3
Amy had 6/12 cups of flour. If she used 5/12 cups of flour for baking, how much flour did she have left?
1/12 cups of flour
What is 4/10 + 4/10 ?
8/10
Keng bought a box of fruit that weighed 23/24 kilograms. If he gave away 19/24 kilograms of fruit to his friends, how many kilograms does he have left?
4/24
What is the missing value in: 12/32 = ?/8
3
Use <, > and = to compare the fractions:
3/4 ___ 3/3
<
Sam spent 7/10 hours working on his reading and math homework. If he spent 4/10 hours on his reading homework, how much time did he spend on his math homework?
3/10 hours
On Monday Terra spent 4/5 hours studying. On Tuesday she spent another 3/5 hours studying. What is the combined length of time she spent studying?
8/5 = 1 3/5 hours
A full garbage truck weighed 23/10 tons. After dumping the garbage, the truck weighed 8/10 tons. What was the weight of the garbage?
15/10 = 1 5/10
Find the missing value: 6/45 = 36/?
270
Describe like and unlike fractions. Give examples of both.
Like fractions are fractions with the same denominators. Unlike fractions are fractions with different denominators.
A recipe called for using 1 ¹⁄₄ cups of flour before baking and another 6 ⁶⁄₈ cups after baking. What is the total amount of flour needed in the recipe?
7 8/8 = 8 cups of flour