Simplifying
In school, Sanjay is asked to simplify 4/8; however, he is so dumb he does not know, so he asks for your help. What is 4/8 in simplest form?
4/8 in simplest form is 1/2.
Jimmy has 2/3 of a cookie; he wants to give 1/3 to his friend. How much of the cookie does he have left?
1/3 of a cookie.
Timmy has 1/2 of an Oreo; his friend gives him 1/4 of an Oreo. How much of an oreo does he have now?
3/4 of an Oreo.
Joe has 1/2 of a chocolate bar; he gives his friend 1/4 of the bar he has. How much of a full bar does his friend get?
1/8 of the chocolate bar.
Bob has 1/3 of a bag of marbles; He wants to divide it among two people. How much of the bag of marbles does each person get?
1/6 of the bag of marbles.
On a math test, Billy runs into the problem: Simplify 4/96; he does not yet know how to simplify, so he asks his calculator. What will his calculator tell him?
His calculator will tell him 1/24.
John has 4/5 of a candy bar; he eats 7/10 of the candy bar. How much of the candy bar does he have now?
1/10 of the candy bar.
Tom has 2/5 of a Snickers bar, and his mom gives him another 1/10. How much of a snicker bar does he have now?
1/2 of a Snicker bar.
Drew has 4/5 of a pack of gum; he gives his friend 1/4 of what he has. How much of a full pack of gum does his friend get?
1/5 of a full pack.
Rob has 1/2 of a cookie; he wants to divide it among nine people. How much of a cookie does each person get?
1/18 of the cookie.
John's teacher asked him to simplify 5/115. Since John had not yet learned to simplify, he asked his friend who had gotten it right for help. What was his friend's answer?
1/23
Jeffrey has 6/13 of a Twix; he gives his friend 1/3 of the bar. How much of his Twix bar does Jeffrey have left?
5/39 of the Twix bar.
Ron has 3/8 of a bag of Sour Patch Kids, his friend then gives him another 11/16 of a bag of Sour Patch Kids. How much of a bag of Sour Patch Kids does Ron have now?
1 1/16 of a Sour Patch Kids bag.
Larry has 9/15 of a bag of chips; he gives his friend 1/3 of what he has. How much of a full bag of chips does his friend get?
1/5 of a full bag of chips.
Fred has 4/5 of a sandwich; he divides the sandwich among seven people. How much of the sandwich does each person get?
4/35 of the sandwich.
Peter's teacher asked the class what 64/4 simplifies to; however, nobody knew the answer. What is the answer?
16
Herbert has 6/7 of a Kit Kat; he gives his friend 2/3 of his bar. How much of the bar does Herbert have left?
Herbert has 4/21 of the bar left.
Jonny has 4/9 of a Hershey's bar; his friend gives him 7/8 more. How much of a Hershey's bar does Jonny get?
1 23/72 of a candy bar.
President Trump has 6 4/5 billion dollars; he gives away 2/17 of his money to charity. What fraction of a billion does he give away?
4/5 of a billion.
Harrison has 15/32 of a 100 Grand bar; he divides it among five people. How much of the bar does each person get?
3/32 of the 100 Grand bar.
Jason is studying for a fraction math test, but he is having trouble with simplifying. How do you simplify?
First, you find a common factor of the numerator and the denominator. Then, you divide the numerator and the denominator by the same common factor. Finally, you keep dividing until there is no more common factors to divide by.
Sanjay has 5/6 of an apple; he gives his friend 5/11 of the apple. What fraction of the apple does Sanjay have left?
25/66 of the apple.
Tom has 5/9 of an Airhead; his friend gives him another 3/4. How many Airheads does he have now?
1 11/36 Airheads.
Jeff Bezos has 249 1/100 billion dollars; he wants to give away 3/49802 of his money. What fraction of a billion does he give away?
3/200 billion dollars.
Henry has 4/17 of a Rees's Buttercup; he divides that among three people. How much of the Reese's Buttercup does each person get?
4/119 of Reese's Buttercup.