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Which sum is less than 1:
A) 7/12 + 5/8
B) 1/2 + 3/5
C) 4/6 + 2/3
D) 5/12 + 4/10
D
Vince mixes 2/5 liter of orange juice with 3/10 liter of pineapple juice. How much juice does he have?
7/10 liter
4/5- 1/2
3/10
Fran has 2 5/6 pounds of molding clay. She uses 1 5/8 pound of clay to make a bowl. How much does she have left?
1 5/24 pounds
Jan and Jessica are painting fences. Jan paints 2/3 of a fence. Jessica paints 5/6 of a fence. How much more of a fence does Jessica paint than Jan?
1/6 of a fence.
Which is equivalent to 1/4 + 1/5?
A) 1/9 + 1/9
B) 5/20 + 4/20
C) 5/9 + 4/9
D) 1/20 + 1/20
B
Jayden uses 3 3/4 cups of wheat flour and 5 1/8 cups of white flour to make bread. How many cups does he use in all?
8 7/8 cups
7/8-1/2
3/8
3 3/8- 2 3/4
5/8
Barbara mixes 2 2/3 cups of raisins and 4 1/4 cups of peanuts for a party snack. How many cups of raisins and peanuts does she use in all?
6 11/12 cups
To find 5/6 + 3/8 which number is a like denominator?
A) 8
B) 14
C) 24
D) 36
C
3 2/3 + 4 3/4=
8 5/12
1/2- 1/3
1/6
9 2/6- 2 5/12=
6 11/12
Catherine practices the flute for 1 3/8 hours on Friday and for 2 1/4 hours on Saturday. How much longer does Catherine practice the flute on Saturday than on Friday.
7/8 hour
What is the lowest common multiple for: 1/6 + 3/4
12
5 3/8 + 6 3/4
12 1/8
Ralph walks 11/12 mile. Alice walks 2/3 mile. How much farther does Ralph walk than Alice?
3/12 mile
9 1/6- 4 3/4=
4 5/12
Julia's thermos contains 9/10 cup of soup. After a walk, she eats 1/3 cup of the soup. Which best describes how much soup is left in the thermos?
A) almost none
B) about 1/2 cup
C) about 1 cup
D) about 1 1/2 cup
B
1/3 + 1/5
8/15
How can you turn a mixed number (Whole number and a fraction) into an improper fraction (Fraction with greater number on top) and and improper fraction into a mixed number? Use the following examples:
3 1/2 to Improper:
25/8 to Mixed:
3 1/2 to Improper: 7/2 (Multiply 2 x 3 +1= 7 and keep denominator.)
25/8 to Mixed: 3 1/8 (Divide so that 8 goes into 25 3 times with one left over. Keep the denominator.)
A frog hopped twice. On the first hop, the frog traveled 4/5 foot. On the second hop, the frog traveled 2/3 foot. How much farther did the frog hop on the first hop?
2/15 foot
When subtracting always remember...
Set up the greater number on top.
Charlie jumped a distance of 8 1/2 feet. His younger brother jumped a distance of 3 5/6 feet and then jumped 2 1/4 feet. Who jumped farther? How much farther?
Charlie jumped farther by 8 1/2- 6 1/12= 2 5/12