Adding Fractions
Add. Simplify or changed to a mixed number if necessary.
5/10 + 7/10
What is 1 1/5 ?
Subtract. Simplify if necssary.
11/15 - 8/15 = ?
What is 3/15 or 1/5 ?
Change 7 4/5 to an improper fraction.
What is 39/5?
8/10-5/10
2/3 = ____ x 1/3
What is 2?
7/19 of Mrs. Jurik's class likes chocolate ice cream. 3/19 of her class likes vanilla ice cream. How many students like ice cream?
What is 12/19 ?
4 5/8 - 3 2/8
What is 1 13/8 ?
Change 56/9 into a mixed number.
What is 6 2/9?
2/12 + 6/12
What is 2/3?
4 x 1/6
What is 2/3?
Kelly has 11 friends over. 4 of them want to watch a scary movie. 2 of them want to watch a funny movie. The rest do not want to watch a movie. What fraction of her friends wants to watch a movie?
4/12 + 2/12 = 6/12 of her friends.
or
1/2 of her friends.
Subtract. Simplify if necessary.
6 3/10 - 4 6/10
What is 1 3/10 ?
What is an improper fraction?
An improper fraction is a fraction that has a numerator bigger than the denominator. It means the fraction is greater than a whole.
2 5/6 + 5 4/6 =
What is 8 1/2?
Kevin is baking cookies. Each batch of cookies uses 1/8 pound of butter. Kevin has 1 3/8 pounds of butter. How many batches of cookies can he make?
What is 11 batches?
1 3/8 = 11/8
On Monday, Steven walked 8/10 of a mile. On Tuesday, he walked 3/10 of a mile. On Wednesday, he walked 4/10 of a mile. How many miles did he walk altogether?
8/10 + 3/10 + 4/10 = 15/10
or
1 1/2 miles
Chris mowed 2/8 of the yard in the morning and 5/8 of the yard in the afternoon. How much more of the yard did he mow in the afternoon?
What is 3/8 more of the yard?
Kathy wrote the mixed number for 35/5 as 7/5. Is she correct?
No - 35/5 = 7. There are no 5ths left over.
5 1/4 - 2 3/4 =
What is 2 1/2?
12 x 5/6
What is 10?
There are five people sitting at a table. Each of them has 2/10 of a pie at dessert. How much pie is left after they are done eating?
What is none?
2/10 + 2/10 + 2/10 + 2/10 + 2/10 = 10/10 so they ate all 10 pieces of the pie.
There are 12 marbles in a bag. 4/12 of the marbles are red, 5/12 of them are blue, the rest are yellow. How many marbles are yellow?
What is 3/12 ?
Change 94/4 into a mixed number.
What is 23 1/2
4 5/10 - 1 9/10 =
What is 2 3/5?