Division Number Stories
Add/Subtract Fractions
Mixed Numbers/Improper Fractions
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100
What is 15 divided by 6 written as a fraction?
2 1/2
100
If I add 1/3 and 3/4 and get 3/5 as an answer, does that make sense? Explain how you can tell if it is true or not without calculating the exact sum.
This answer does not make sense because 3/4 is larger than 3/5. If I add something to 3/4, my answer will get larger, not smaller.
100
What is 27/4 as a mixed number?
6 3/4
100
What is 1/3 of 27?
9
100
What is 1/2 of 48?
24
200
There are 8 bags of bird seed for the family’s bird feeder. This seed must last for the next 20 days. If an equal amount of seed is used each day, what fraction of a bag will be used each day? (Show your work, put a variable in the number model and a unit in the answer)
8 ÷ 20 = b
2/5 of a bag per day
200
A baker bought 2 1/3 pounds of flour on Monday and 3 3/4 pounds of flour on Tuesday. How many pounds of flour does she have in total?
Estimate: 2 + 4 = 6
Number model: 2 1/3 + 3 3/4 = f
Answer: 6 1/12 lbs of flour
200
Rename the improper fraction as a mixed number: 45/12
3 9/12 or 3 3/4
200
What is 1/4 of 64?
16
200
Write a fraction to make the number sentence true.
2 + ______ > 2 2/5
Sample answer: 3/5
300
The science teacher has 275 ounces of dye to distribute equally among 6 lab groups. How many ounces of dye will each group receive?
45 5/6 oz of dye
300
2/5 + 3/15 = ______
9/15 or 3/5
300
Rename the mixed number 7 9/5 as an equivalent mixed number with a proper fraction.
8 4/5
300
What is 1/3 of 25?
8 1/3
300
Write a fraction to make the number sentence true.
3 - ______ > 2 1/4
Sample answer: 1/4
400
Write your own division story with an answer of 1/6.
Example: Lena baked 1 pie for her friends. She wants to share it equally among 6 friends. What fraction of the pie will each friend get?
400
3/8 + 5/12 = ______
19/24
400
Write another name for the mixed number below using the same denominator.
7 11/4
39/4
400
What is 1/5 of 51?
10 1/5
400
Write a fraction to make the number sentence true.
2/3 + ______ > 1
Sample answer: 2/3
500
Graph and label 18/14 on the number line below.
500
Ella’s kitten is growing quickly. When the kitten was 3 months old, it weighed 4 5/6 pounds. When it turned 4 months old, it weighed 6 1/6 pounds.
Ella said the kitten gained 2 4/6 pounds that month.
Ella subtracted 6-4 to get 2 and subtracted the fractions 5/6 and 1/6 to get 4/6.
6 1/6 - 4 5/6 = 1 2/6 or 1 1/3
Ella's kitten gained 1 2/6 or 1 /13 pounds in 1 month
500
Write the mixed number 9 2/7 in two different ways as equivalent mixed numbers.
Sample answers:
8 9/7 and 7 16/7
500
You work at a restaurant and have 35 liters of orange juice. You use 1/4 of it to make a fruit punch.
How many liters of orange juice did you use to make the punch?
8 3/4 liters of orange juice
500
A bakery has 67 cookies and wants to pack them in boxes that can hold 7 cookies. How many full boxes can the bakery make?
Explain what you did with the remainder.
9 full boxes.
Ignore the remainder of 4 cookies, since they want a full box of cookies