Suppose a baby brown bat has a wingspan that is 1/6
adult wingspan. Then the bat’s wingspan grows another
1/4 adult wingspan. What fraction of its adult wingspan
has it reached?
5/12
A
100
Suppose one hoary bat weighs 7/12 oz and a second hoary bat weights 3/4 oz. Which bat weighs more?
The 3/4 oz bat
100
What would be the total weight of two bats
that weighed 1/2 and 1/3 of an ounce.
5/6 oz
a
100
Of the pies that Kara's Pie Shop sold last month, 1/6 were blueberry pies and 5/12 were blackberry pies. What fraction of the pies sold were either blueberry or blackberry?
7/12
a
100
Yesterday, Jay's Doughnut Shop sold 1/10 as many chocolate doughnuts as cinnamon doughnuts. If they sold 1/2 of a tray of cinnamon doughnuts, how many trays of chocolate doughnuts did they sell?
1/20
m
200
Carlos sprinted 7/8 of a lap and then took a break by jogging 2/6 of a lap. How much farther did Carlos sprint than jog?
13/24
S
200
Lucas and Wilson own neighboring cornfields. Lucas harvested 7/12 of an acre of corn on Monday and Wilson harvested 1/4 of an acre. How many more acres did Lucas harvest than Wilson?
1/3
S
200
Mike is 7 3/7 feet tall. His brother is 2 8/21 feet tall.
How much taller is Mike than his brother?
3 1/2
S
200
Sara and her sister went together to get haircuts. Sara got 9 5/9 of an inch cut off and her sister got 6 5/6 of an inch cut off. Compared to her sister, how much more hair did Sara get taken off?
2 11/12
S
200
A tailor cut 8 2/7 of an inch off a skirt and 7 1/3 of an inch off a pair of pants. How much more did the tailor cut off the skirt than the pants?
20/21
S
300
At the zoo's new insect exhibit, Kira watched a millipede crawl for 1/8 of a minute, stay still for a while, and then crawl for 1/2 of a minute more. In all, how much time did the millipede spend moving?
5/8
300
In Mr. Branch's mathematics class, 1/4 of the students received A's and 1/2 received B's. What fraction of the students received either A's or B's?
3/4
300
Starting from scratch, Eric finished 1/2 of a reading assignment Monday afternoon and another 3/8 of it on Tuesday afternoon. What fraction of the reading assignment was done by Tuesday night?
7/8
300
Starting from scratch, Hector finished 1/2 of a reading assignment Monday afternoon and another 3/10 of it on Tuesday afternoon. What fraction of the reading assignment was done by Tuesday night?
4/5
A
300
To make some punch for a party, Mandy mixed together 1 3/8 bottles of pineapple juice and 6 3/4 bottles of club soda. How many bottles of punch did Mandy make?
8 1/8
A
400
In preparation for a picnic, Kim made a salad with 3/10 of a bag of iceberg lettuce and 2/5 of a bag of Romaine lettuce. How many bags of lettuce did Kim use in all?
7/10
400
Explain why it is necessary to rename 4 1/4 if you subtract 3/4 from it.
You cannot subtract 3/4 from 1/4 , so you must borrow 1 whole from the 4 and rename 4 1/4 as 3 5/4
400
Dana's Coffee Shop can make lattes with either whole milk or nonfat milk. On Saturday, Dana's Coffee Shop went through 6 1/4 of a carton of whole milk and 3 1/3 of a carton of nonfat milk. How much more whole milk was used than nonfat milk?
2 11/12
400
Over the weekend, Lester drank 8 2/7 of a bottle of soda and Faith drank 7 1/3 of a bottle. How much more soda did Lester drink than Faith?
20/21
S
400
Wes filled a bucket with 5 1/5 of a gallon of water. Later, he poured out 3 7/8 of a gallon of the water. How much water is left in the bucket?
1 13/40
500
To make some punch for a party, Mandy mixed together 4 1/8 bottles of pineapple juice and 5 1/12 bottles of club soda. How many bottles of punch did Mandy make?
500
Dina drew a teal line that was 6 1/4 inches long. Then she drew a blue line that was 3 1/3 inches long. How much longer was the teal line than the blue line?
2 11/12
500
A fish tank holds 2 9/10 liters of water. When cleaning the tank Ben poured 2 1/3 of the water out. How much water was left in the tank?
17/30
500
Yesterday, Dave's Snack Shack went through 4/12 of a bottle of ketchup. If they used 1/2 as much mustard as ketchup, how many bottles of mustard did they go through?
1/6
M
500
Michael and Janelle are collecting clothes for a clothing drive. Janelle collected 3/4 as many clothes as Michael did. If Michael collected 1 1/2 bags of clothes, how many bags of clothes did Janelle collect?