Adding Fractions
Adding unlike fractions:
1/2 + 7/12
13/12
Subtract unlike fractions:
5/9 - 1/3 =
2/9
Convert mixed numbers to fractions
5 3/5
28/5
1/3 and 3/4
4/12 < 9/12
Tillie ate 1/3 of a pizza. Jessica ate 2/6 of a pizza. Who ate more pizza?
1/3 and 2/6 are equivalent fractions. Tillie and Jessica ate the same amount of pizza.
Adding unlike fractions:
7/9 + 3/18 =
17/18
Subtract unlike fractions:
2/3 - 3/12 =
5/12
Fractions to mixed numbers:
9/5
1 4/5
2/3 and 3/5
10/15 > 9/15
Jude was on the plane for 5 1/2 hours Saturday. He was in the Uber for 1 3/4 hours. How long did it take Jude to return to his home in Panama?
5 1/2 + 1 1/4 = 7 1/4 hours
Adding fractions
8/10 + 3/5 =
14/10 = 1 4/10
Subtract like fractions
17/18 - 2/3 =
5/18
Equivalent fractions
3/4 = 6 /_
6/8
3/4 and 6/8
6/8 = 6/8
Leah made cookies last weekend. The recipe called for 2 1/2 cups of flour. She only has a 1/2 measuring cup. How many times did she have to use the 1/2 measuring cup?
1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 = 2 1/2
She used the 1/2 cup 5 times.
Adding unlike fractions
1 5/6 + 1/3 =
1 7/6 = 2 1/6
Subtract unlike fractions
2 - 1/2
1 1/2
Another Fraction for...
8/16
1/2
15/3 and 15/2
5 < 7 1/2
3/4 + 1/2 = 1 1/4 hours
Adding unlike fractions
1 5/9 + 2 2/3 =
3 11/9 = 4 2/9
Subtracting unlike fractions
2 5/6 - 5/8
2 5/24
24/5
4 4/5
20/3 and 6 2/3
20/3 = 6 2/3
Zoe's mom ordered 2 pizzas for dinner last night. There is 1/8 of the pizza left. How much did Zoe and her siblings eat?
2 - 1/8 = 1 7/8
Zoe and her siblings ate 1 7/8 pizza last night.