Adding Fractions
There were 3 1/2 of bags of flour in the kitchen. 4 1/2 bags of flour were delivered. How many bags of flour are there in total?
There are 8 bags of flour.
On Friday, many of the students were missing in her class. 1/8 of the class went to a basketball tournament and 1/8 of the class called in sick. What fraction of the class was in school?
3/4 of the class was in school.
Ms. Bloom has 15/16 of a pack of construction papers at her desk. Ms. Bloom takes another 2 new packs of construction papers to the class for an art project. The students use 1 3/16 pack for the art project. How many packs of construction papers are left?
1 3/4 pack of construction papers are left.
Liam was sick last Friday. He usually gets up at 7:35 a.m. Since he was sick, he got up 1 hour and 35 minutes later than usual. What did he get up?
He got up at 9:10 a.m.
Mrs. Carson is preparing a birthday party for her son, Matthew. Matthew and his two brothers also help with the preparations. Matthew invited 11 children from school and 6 children from the neighborhood. Including Matthew and his two brothers, how many children will be at the party?
11 + 6 + 3 = 20
There will be 20 children at the party.
There is 9/10 of a kilogram of ground beef and 7/10 of a kilogram of ground pork in the freezer and an assistant is defrosting 2 3/10 kilograms of ground beef. How much ground beef is there in total?
There are 3 1/5 kilograms of ground beef in total.
Ms. Bloom had 4 7/12 boxes of pencils but 2 1/12 boxes of the pencils was broken. After she threw out the broken pencils, how many boxes of pencils were left?
2 1/2 boxes of pencils were left.
Ms. Bloom received 2 1/7 bags of chocolate for Valentine’s from her class and 5/7 of a bag of chocolates from a few students from last year’s class. She shared 1 2/7 with other teachers and took the rest of the chocolate home. How many bags of chocolate did she take home?
She took home 1 4/7 bag of chocolates.
Liam was sick last Friday. He has some pain killers at home for his headache and fever. There are 36 tablets left in the bottle and he is supposed to take 2 tablets at a time, 4 times a day. How many tablets will be left after one day? How many days before he runs out of tablets?
36 – 4 x 2 = 28 There will be 28 tablets left after one day.
He takes 8 tablets a day.
36 / 8 = 4 remainder 4
He has enough tables for 4 days.
Matthew and his two brothers helped to decorate the house for the party. Each of them blows 12 balloons. But 5 balloons pop. How many balloons do they have for decoration?
12 x 3 – 5 = 31
They have 31 balloons to use for decoration.
There are two identical fridges for desserts. One of the fridge has 5/8 of its room left and the other fridge is only 1/8 full. How much room is left?
There is the equivalent of 1 1/2 fridges empty
Ms. Bloom brought 4 packs of treats for Halloween. She gave away 2 1/9 packs of treats to her class and gave away 5/9 packs of treats to the 2 classes of kindergarten students that came to her class for trick-or-treating. How many packs of treats did she have left?
She had 1 1/3 bag of treats left.
9 cartons of milk were delivered to the kitchen, but an assistant spilled 2 5/8 cartons of milk. Together with the 4 1/8 cartons of milk that were in the fridge, how many cartons of milk are there in total?
10 1/2 cartons of milk.
Liam went to the doctor. There are 8 patients waiting. The nurse told him it will be his turn after 2 hours. How many minutes would the doctor use to see each patient?
2 hours = 120 minutes 120 ÷ 8 = 15
The doctor spends on average 15 minutes with each patient.
Each pie takes 35 minutes to bake but Mrs. Carson’s oven is so small she can only fit one pie at a time. The party starts at 3:00 p.m. When is the latest time for Mrs. Carson to start baking?
3 X 35 = 105
105 minutes = 1 hour and 45 minutes
It will take 1 hour and 45 minutes to cook all 3 pies.
She needs to start baking at 1:15 p.m to finish all the pies by 3 pm.
Sean did 1 2/5 loads of laundry on Friday and did another 1 4/5 loads of laundry on Saturday. On Sunday, he did another 1 1/5 loads of laundry. How many loads of laundry did he do in total ?
He did 4 3/5 loads of laundry in total.
There were 5 3/4 crates of eggs but 1/4 of a crate of eggs was broken. 3 assistants then checked the rest of the eggs and found that 2 1/4 crates of the eggs were rotten. How many crates of good eggs were left?
3 1/4 crates of eggs were left
Liam ate 1 3/8 of an orange before he took his medicine and ate another 2 1/8 of an orange afterwards. How much orange did he eat?
1 3/8 + 2 1/8 = 3 4/8 = 3 1/2
He ate 3 1/2 oranges.
Liam had read that oranges are good for him. He went to buy 8 oranges at the grocery store. Each orange weighed 150 grams. What was the total weight (measured in Kg) of the 8 oranges?
150 x 8 = 1,200 1,200 grams = 1.2 kg
The total weight is 1.2 kg.
The admission price for an adult is $5.50. The admission price for a child is $3.00. How much is the total cost for a mother to bring her two children to the aquarium?
$5.50 + $3.00 + $3.00 = $11.50
The total cost is $11.50
Ms. Bloom spent 1 5/12 hours in preparing for her class and spent 2 1/12 hours teaching the class. Later that day, she spent 1 11/12 hours cleaning her work desk at home. How much time did she spend on working this day?
She spent 3 1/2 hours on working.
The chef was supposed to arrive at the restaurant 2 5/12 hours before the restaurant opens. However, he was 1 1/12 hour late. How many hours did the chef have to prepare before the restaurant opens?
He had 1 1/3 hours to prepare before the restaurant opens.
Mrs. Carson plans to have 1/8 of a pie for each child at the party. How many pies does she needs to prepare?
1/8 × 20 = 20/8 = 5/2 = 2 1/2
2 1/2 is between 2 and 3.
Mrs. Carson needs to prepare 3 pies.
Each paper cup can hold 6 oz. of juice. If Mrs. Carson wants to have a cup of juice for each child, how many gallons of juice does she need to buy?
Hint:
16 ounces = 2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints = 1 quart
4 quarts = 1 gallon
6 oz. x 20 = 120 oz.
120 ÷ 32 = 3.75
Mrs. Carson needs to buy 3.75 gallons of juice.
There are total of 32 staff members working in the aquarium 5 8 of the staff are security guards. How many security guards are there in the aquarium?
32 × 5/8 = 20
There are 12 security guards working in the aquarium.