2/8 + 3/8
5/8
3/4 - 2/4
1/4
3 " " X " " 1/4
3/4
Lalya, Natalie, and Scarlett each walk to the humane society to volunteer every Saturday.
Layla walks 3/4 of a mile, Natalie walks 2/5 of a mile and Scarlett walks 5/8 of a mile.
Arrange the distances each girl walks in order from least to greatest.
"Natalie:" 2/5 "of a mile"
"Scarlett:" 5/8 "of a mile"
"Layla" 3/4 "of a mile"
Who was the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 1897?
Amelia Earhart
6 3/5 + 5 1/5
11 4/5
3 6/7 - 3/7
3 4/7
1/2 X 1/5
1/10
Michael baked 15 cupcakes for his sister’s birthday party. His sister and her friends ate two-thirds of the cupcakes.
How many cupcakes were eaten at the party?
10 cupcakes
What year did Twitter debut?
a) 2003
b) 2006
c) 2009
b) 2006
2/3 + 1/6
5/6
2/7 - 3/14
1/14
3/4 X 3/5
9/20
"Sadie had a bowl of apple slices to feed her horses as a treat."
"Dusty ate " 3 3/5 "apples. Star ate " 2 2/4 "apples."
"How many more apples did Dusty eat?"
"Simplify for double points"
1 2/20 = 1 1/10
What year did Disneyland in California open?
a) 1945
b) 1955
c) 1965
b) 1955
1/3 + 4/5
"Simplify for double points"
17/15 = 1 2/15
5/9 - 1/2
1/18
4/5 X 3/4
"Simplify for double points"
12/20 = 3/5
Three friends equally shared ½ gallon of hot chocolate. What fraction of a gallon did each friend have?
1/6 "of a gallon"
What song debuted in 1955 that became the the first rock-and-roll single to hit number one on Billboard's pop charts?
HINT:
Rock around the Clock
1 1/2 + 2 2/3
"Simplify for double points"
3 7/6 = 4 1/6
5 1/2 - 4 2/3
5/6
2 4/5 " " X " " 3 1/2
"Simplify for double points"
6 4/10 = 6 2/5
"You are making a cake for your friends birthday."
"The recipe calls for" 1 1/4 "cups of flour."
"If you want to make" 1/5 "of the recipe, how much flour will you need?"
"Simplify for double points"
5/20 "cups" = 1/4 "cups"
What year did the United States go to the moon?
Hint: Space
1969
"You and your friend combine your chocolate bars."
"You had " 4/5 " of a bar, and your friend had " 2/3 "of a bar."
"Then you each got " 1/2 " of the total chocolate."
"How much chocolate did you each get?"
"You must simplify to get points"
4/5 + 2/3
12/15 + 10/15 = 22/15
22/15 X 1/2 = 22/30
22/30 = 11/15