Adding Fractions
Jon spent 3/4 of an hour reading an article and 1 1/2 hours writing an essay about the article. How long did he spend on the assignment?
2 1/4 hours
What is the difference of 4/5 and 1/3 ?
7/15
What is the product of 1/8 and 4/6 in simplest form?
1/12
Mark and his 4 friends are sharing 3 muffins. What fraction of a muffin will each friend receive?
3/5
What is 3/5 of 2/7 ?
6/35
What is the sum
2/5 + 3/8 ?
31/40
What is the difference of 8 2/3 and 1 5/6?
6 5/6
In Mrs. Leary's math class 3/5 of the students are girls. 1/2 of the girls in the class have brown hair. What fraction of the class is brown-haired girls?
3/10
Diana ordered 3 pizzas to share with her 9 friends. How much of a pizza will each friend get?
3/10
Find the sum and simplify your answer.
25 1/3 + 13 11/12
39 1/4
Susie and her grandma baked a cake. Susie ate 1/3 of the cake and her grandma ate 3/8 of the cake. How much of the cake did they eat?
17/24
When April first weighed her kitten, it weighed 4 1/2 pounds. The next time she weighed it, the kitten weighed 6 1/4 pounds. How much weight did the kitten gain?
1 3/4 pounds
Will the product of 3 1/2 and 11/12 be greater than, less than, or equal to 3 1/2?
less than
3 1/2
A chef has to split 12 cups of soup into 1/4 cup servings. How many servings will the chef make?
48 servings
Half of a pumpkin pie was equally distributed to six people. How much of the original pie did each person receive?
1/12
What is the value of the expression
1/4 + 7/8 + 5/12
?
37/24
or
1 13/24
Mrs. Smith made 12 cups of soup for her family. If John ate 1 1/2 cups, Robert ate 2 cups, Anita ate 2 1/4 cups, and Joanne ate 3 1/8 cups, how much soup was left for Mrs. Smith?
3 1/8
Chase drew a rectangle with a length of 2 1/4 feet and a width of 5/8 foot. What is the area of the rectangle Chase drew?
1 13/32 ft2
Tina ordered a pizza and ate 1/3 of it on Friday. On Saturday she had 3 friends over to watch a movie.Tina and her friends equally shared the leftover pizza. How much of the original pizza did each friend get? Simplify your answer.
1/6
Mike has a tabletop that is 4/5 meter wide and 6 meters long. What is the area of the tabletop?
4 4/5 m2
Four boys had to paint a fence for their neighbor. Seth painted 1/10 of the fence, Trey painted 1/5 of the fence, and Landon painted 1/2 of the fence. How much of the fence is left for Mike to paint?
2/10
or
1/5
Mrs. Rasmussen bought 15 pounds of candy to share with her students and family. She gave 3 1/2 pounds to her first class, 3 7/8 pounds to her second class, and 3 2/3 pounds to her third class. How many pounds of candy does she have left for her family?
3 23/24 pounds
Greg has a table with dimensions 1 2/3 yards by 2 1/2 yards. Victor has a table with dimensions 2 3/4 yards by 1 1/2 yards. Whose table has a larger surface area?
Greg (4 1/6 yd2)
Ty wants to run a race with his friends, but he wants to run the shortest distance possible. His choices are 5 kilometers with 8 runners or 3 kilometers with 4 runners. Should he run the 5k race or the 3k race?
The 5k race
A recipe for cheesecake calls for 1/4 cup of butter. How much butter is needed for 2 1/2 cheesecakes?
5/8