Like Denominators
Common Denominators
Unlike Denominators
The Lowest Terms
A Word Problem
100
3/7 + 2/7 =
What is 5/7
100
Common denominator for the fractions 1/6 and 1/12
What is 12
100
4/5 + 3/4 =
What is 31/20 or 1 11/20
100
9/12 + 2 10/12 =
What is 3 7/12
100
Mark and Lin race to see who can collect the most hockey cards. Mark has collected 5 1/3 sets. Lin has collected 4 3/4 sets. Who has collected more sets? how much more?
What is Mark has collected 7/12 more than Lin.
200
5/10 - 3/10 =
What is 2/10 or 1/5
200
Common denominator for the fractions 1/4 and 1/8
What is 8
200
2/3 - 1/9 =
What is 5/9
200
3 3/5 + 1/2 =
What is 4 1/10
200
The camp cook uses 1 1/2 dozen eggs to make pancakes. She uses another 3 1/3 dozen for scrambled eggs. How many dozen eggs does she use altogether?
What is the cook uses 4 5/6 dozen eggs in total.
300
1 3/5 - 1/5 =
What is 1 2/5
300
Common denominator for the fractions 1/3 and 1/4
What is 12
300
3 1/2 + 3 2/5 =
What is 3 9/10
300
2 1/2 + 4 1/6 =
What is 6 2/3
300
1 3/4 trays of dinner rolls are for sale in the bakery window. A customer comes and buys 5/6 of a tray. How much is left?
What is there is 11/12 of a tray left.
400
3 2/4 + 6 3/4 =
What is 10 1/4
400
Common denominator for the fractions 1/5 and 1/4
What is 20
400
5 4/15 - 4 1/10 =
What is 1 5/30 or 1 1/6
400
4 1/4 - 7/8 =
What is 3 3/8
400
There are 12 golf balls in a package. The Klassen family has 2 2/3 packages. Cindy takes 1/2 packages, her dad takes 1 package, and her brother takes 4 golf balls. What fraction of the package is left?
What is 5/6
500
11 2/6 - 9 5/6
What is 9/6 or 1 3/6 or 1 1/2
500
Common denominator for the fractions 1/3 and 1/5
What is 15
500
4 3/12 + 3 5/12 =
What is 7 8/12 or 7 2/3
500
3 3/8 - 1 1/2 =
What is 1 7/8
500
Jonas and Amy collect comic books. Jonas has 21/10 boxes of Granite Guy comics and 2 2/3 boxes of Quest of Koko comics. Amy has 2 5/6 of Alpha Woman comics and 1 3/5 boxes of Quest Koko comics. Who has the larger collection? By how much?
What is Jonas has a larger collection by 1/3.