Word Problems
A leatherback turtle has completed 2/5 of its migration. It stops to rest and feed. Then it completes 2/5 more. What fraction of its migration does it have left to complete?
1/5
You are designing a sports park. You use 2/8 of the sports park area for a basketball court and 3/8 of the area for a soccer field. What fraction of the area is left?
3/8
3/12+5/12
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2/3
8/9 - 4/9
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4/9
5 6/7 + 4 6/7
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10 5/7
A library has 12 books about the extinction of birds in North America. Three of the books are about passenger pigeons, and four are about Carolina parakeets. What fraction of the library's bird extinction books are about passenger pigeons or Carolina parakeets?
7/12
A humpback whale has completed 3/10 of its migration. What fraction of its migration does it have left to complete?
7/10
3 1/2 + 7 1/2
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11
1 3/4 - 1 1/4
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1/2
6 6/8 - 3 6/8
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3
Michael decorated 2/6 of the poster. Jerrell decorated 4/6 of the poster. How much more of the poster did Jerrell decorate than Michael?
1/3
A model boat has a length of 10 1/2 inches. Its height is 2 1/2 inches fewer. How tall is the model boat?
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8 inches
6 3/7 + 2 6/7
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9 2/7
5 4/5 - 1 2/5
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4 2/5
5 8/10 - 4
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1 4/5
A rare flower found in Indonesian rain forests can grow wider than a car tire. If the flower has a width of 4 ft, and a car tire is 2 2/5 ft wide, how much wider is the flower than the car?
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1 3/5 ft
Fiona is planting a garden and plants carrots in 4/10 of her garden and raspberries in 2/10 of her garden. How much of the garden will be planted with these two plants?
3/5
4 9/12 + 3 11/12
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8 2/3
11 5/10 - 7 8/10
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3 7/10
19 780/1000 + 3 734/1000
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23 257/500
If Cloie painted 5/20 of the wall and Macee painted 6/20 of the wall, how much of the wall does Ariel need to paint?
9/20
Peter's garden is 3/12 of tomatoes and 5/12 of potatoes. If he wanted to plant some string beans, how much could he plant?
1/3
8 4/15 + 6 14/15
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15 1/5
10 - 9 3/4
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1/4
8 - 1 3/6
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6 1/2