Fractions = Decimals
Write 45/100 as a decimal.
0.45
James ate 3/15 of her candy on Monday, 2/15 of her candy on Tuesday, and 6/15 of the candy on Wednesday. How much candy was eaten?
James ate 3/15 + 2/15 + 6/15 = 11/15 of her candy.
Cindy had 5/7 of her book to read. So far she had read 2/7. How much of her book was left to read?
5/7 - 2/7 = 3/7 of her book
What is 1/2 of 3/5?
1/2 X 3/5 = 3/10
I have 2 pieces of paper and cut each into thirds. How many smaller pieces of paper are there?
2 divided by 1/3 is the same as 2 X 3 = 6 smaller pieces of paper
Write 0.4 as a fraction in simplest form.
4/10 can be simplified to 2/5.
Colton ran 1/3 of a mile and walked 7/15 of a mile. How far did he travel?
1/3 + 7/15 is the same as 5/15 + 7/15 = 12/15 of a mile. Simplified 12/15 = 4/5 of a mile.
Kia had 7/12 foot of a ribbon. She made a book mark. When she was finished, there was only 1/4 of a foot left. How long was the ribbon?
7/12 - 1/4
7/12 - 3/12 = 4/12 or 1/3 foot was the length of the ribbon.
Tina has 32 marbles. She shares 3/4 of the marbles with Tony. How many marbles did Tony get?
32 X 3/4 = 96/4 = 24 marbles
I have 1/4 of a pan of brownies left for dessert. I divide it into 4 equal pieces. What fraction of the whole pan is one portion.
1/4 divided by 4 is the same as 1/4 of 1/4
1/4 X 1/4 = 1/16 for a portion of the WHOLE pan
Write 75/10 as a mixed number AND then a decimal. Do not simplify.
7 5/10 = 7.5
Joey had to read a book by next week. He read 2/5 of the book on Wednesday and 3/8 of the book on Thursday. How much has he read so far?
2/5 = 16/40 and 3/8 = 15/40
16/40 + 15/40 = 31/40 of the book has been read
Solve the following by turning each mixed number into an improper fraction.
4 1/4 - 1 9/10
4 1/4 = 17/4
1 9/10 = 19/10
17/4 = 85/20
19/10 = 38/20
85/20 - 38/20 = 47/20 = 2 7/20
Andrea filled 5 glasses with 1 2/3 cups of juice in each glass. How much juice did she use?
5 X 1 2/3 =
5 X 5/3 = 25/3 = 8 1/3 cups of juice
The baseball team and there families are having an end of year party. Each person gets 1/3 of a pizza. How many people can be fed if they order 36 pizzas?
36 divided into 1/3 pieces is the same as
36 X 3 = 108 people can be fed
Write 3/4 as a decimal.
4 goes into 100 twenty-five times. So multiply the numerator and the denominator by 25. You get 75/100 = 0.75
The candy that Sam was making used 3 3/4 cups of white sugar and 1 1/6 cups of brown sugar. How much sugar did the candy recipe need?
3 3/4 = 3 9/12
1 1/6 = 1 2/12
Add these together for 4 11/12 cups of sugar
A carton contains 1 8/9 liters of apple juice. Rashawn drinks 1/6 of a liter. How much juice is left.
1 8/9 = 17/9
1/6 = 51/18
17/9 = 34/18
51/18 - 34/18 = 17/18 liters of juice is left
The band is made up of 2/9 of the students in middle school. 3/8 of those students play the drums. What fraction of all middle school students play the drums? Write your answer in simplest form.
3/8 X 2/9 = 6/72 or 1/12 of all students
The area of a rectangular piece of fabric is 4/9 square yards. Julie cuts the fabric into 3 smaller pieces of equal size. What is the area of each smaller piece of fabric?
4/9 divided by 3 is the same as 4/9 X 1/3 =
4/27 square yards
Write the mixed number 1 1/20 as a decimal.
20 goes into 100 five times so multiply the numerator and the denominator by 5. That would be 1 5/100 = 1.05
Rashan buys 3 7/10 pounds of flour and Diego buys 2 3/4 pounds of flour. They use 4 3/5 pounds of flour to bake bread. How much flour is left? Express your answer as a decimal.
3 7/10 = 3 14/20
2 3/4 = 2 15/20
3 14/20 + 2 15/20 = 5 19/20 pounds of flour
5 19/20 - 4 3/5 = 5 19/20 - 4 12/20 =
4 7/20 pounds of flour is left.
Leena bakes a loaf of bread. She eats 1/8 of the loaf and gives 1/6 of it to each of her 3 friends. What fraction of the loaf of bread is left?
Leena shares 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 = 3/6 or 1/2 with friends.
1/8 + 1/2 = 1/8 + 4/8 = 5/8 is gone.
8/8 - 5/8 = 3/8 is left.
At the farm 3/4 of all the animals are mammals. 1/5 of the animals are cows and 3/10 of the animals are pigs. The rest are horses. What fraction of the animals are horses?
1/5 + 3/10 is the same as 2/10 + 3/10 = 5/10 or 1/2
1/2 of the mammals are either cows or pigs.
3/4 - 1/2 is the same as 3/4 - 2/4 = 1/4 of the animals are horses
An entrepreneur at the craft fair sells 240 holiday magnets. She sells 1/2 of it to customer A and 1/3 of it to customer B.
How many magnets were sold?
How many magnets are left?
Magnets sold to customer A:
1/2 of 240 = 120 magnets
Magnets sold to customer B:
1/3 of 240 = 240 divided by 3 = 80
Total magnets sold: 120 + 80 = 200 magnets
Magnets left: 40 magnets