Fantastic Fractions
Colin has 234 seashells in his collection. Tina has 156 seashells more in her collection. How many seashells in all do Colin and Tina have?
624 seashells
Larry ran 6/8 mile and Anna ran 1/2 mile. Who ran the greater distance?
Larry
Matt and Adara have identical pieces of cardboard for an art project. Matt uses 2/3 of his piece. Adara uses 2/6 of her piece. Who uses more, Matt or Adara?
Matt used more than Adara.
Anne painted 3/6 of the same size board as Sam and Nola. Did she paint the same amount as Sam and Nola?
Yes, 3/6 = 1/2 = 1/4
Rory had 40 slices of pizza to share. Each pizza was cut into 8 slices How many pizzas did Rory have?
5 pizzas
Roy made a coat rack using a board that was 7 feet long. He put one hook at the end of the board. He also put a hook at each foot between the two ends. How many hooks in all did he use?
8 hooks
Nina put together 6 squares to make a rectangle. There are 3 rows of squares. Each row has 2 squares. How many small and large square in all are in the rectangle?
8 squares; 6 small and 2 large
Heidi and Susan want to equally share 4/8 foot of the ribbon, What amount of ribbon should each girl get?
Each friend should get 1/4 foot of ribbon.
There are four types of toppings; pickles, tomatoes, lettuce and sauce. How many different choices of 1 kind of sandwich and 1 topping can you make?
8 choices; I made a list. There re 4 possible toppings for each of 2 kinds of sandwich, 4x2=8
Members of the dog owner's club are building a fence around a square pen. The pen is 36 feet long on each side. They need to put a post at each corner and every 6 feet along each side. How many posts are needed?
24 posts
Jamie put 8 squares together to make a rectangle. There are 2 rows of squares. Each row has 4 squares. How many pairs of sides touch each other in the rectangle?
10 pairs of sides
Trent, Linda and Pam will work together to paint a poster that is 4 feet long. Each student will paint an equal length of the poster. How many feet of the poster length will each student paint?
1 and 1/3 feet
Larry used a pattern of colors to make a cube train. He used a red cube, a blue cube, a red cube and another red cube before he started the pattern again. He used 15 cubes. How many red cubes did he use?
11 red cubes
Two pizzas were cut into sixths. Ashraf, Drew and Katie shared the pizzas equally. How many sixths did each friend get?
4 sixths
Eric and Frank want to equally share 4/3 feet of rope. What length of rope should each friend get?
Each friend should get 2 equal parts.