Adding Fractions
Jay ate 3/12 of a pizza. Macy ate the rest.
How much pizza did Macy have all together?
Macy had 9/12 of pizza all together.
Haylee has 5/7 of oreos she eats 3/7 of them.
How many oreos she have left?
She has 2/7 left.
Recently Marnic Cinema sold out on 1/6 of the nights it was open. Lakeville Theater sold out on 1/2 of the nights it was open.
With movie theater sold out on a greater fraction of nights?
Lakeville Theater.
Kelly took a quiz on decimals that had 15 questions. She got 4/5 of those questions correct. She took another quiz on fractions that had 12 questions. She got 5/6 of those questions correct
On which quiz did Kelly get more questions correct?
Decimal Quiz.
Is 1/3 equivallent to 6/9?
No.
A common house spider has 8 eyes. The spider is looking at you with its 2 big front eyes and its 3 of its other eyes.
What fraction of it's eyes looking at you?
5/8.
Hannah wants to give her 5 friends, 2 cookies each she has 16 cookies.
How much does she have left after she gives the cookies to her friends and her self?
She will have 6/16 left?
Mrs. Veltre finished correcting 1/10 of that weeks homework assignments. Mrs. Healy finished correcting 1/2 of that weeks homework assignments.
Who corrected more homework?
Mrs. Healy.
Chad filled a measuring cup with 4/5 of a cup of a vegetable oil. Then he poured 1/10 of a cup of oil into a frying pan.
How much oil is left in the measuring cup?
The amount of oil left in the measuring cup is 7/10.
Issac has 5/3 hours to play a video game each day. He has already played for 2/9.
How much time does he have left?
He has 13/9 left or 1 4/9.
Jennifer used 2/7 of a meter of ribbon to make bows for her cousins. Now, she has 10/21 of meter of ribbon left.
How much ribbon did she start with?
She started with 16/21 of meter ribbon.
A punch bowl had 2 ½ liters of juice. Liam drank ⅓ of the punch.
How many liters of juice did Liam drink?
He drank 13/6 or 2 1/6.
Annie bought 9 candie bars and ate ⅓ of them, Jacy bought 6 candy bars and ate ⅔ of them.
Who ate more?
Jacy ate more.
One glass of milk gives you 3/10 of the recommended amount of calcium per day.
3 glasses of milk will give you what fraction of the recommended amount of calcium per day?
9/10.
Last week James sold 1/10 of a slice of pizza. Mike sold 2/6 of a pizza.
Who sold more pizza?
Mike sold more pizza.
Suppose that the first team member in a 3-person relay race must run 2 1/4 laps, the second team member must run 1 1/2 laps, the third team member must run 3 5/8 laps.
How many laps in all did each team run?
7 3/8 or 59/8.
Cindy had 1 slice of cake. Omar had 2 slices of cake.
If there were initially 5 slices and all of the slices of cake is the same size, what fraction of the cake is remaining?
There was 2/5 of the cake remaining.
Jasper Repertonidy Theater Company sold out 1/9 of the performances it held. Shakespeare Company sold out 3/10 of the performances it put on.
Which theater company sold out a greater fraction of its performances?
Shakespeare Company.
Last week Rachel sold 4/7 of her pick-up trucks. Across town Springfield Autos sold 1/5 of its pick-up trucks.
Which business sold a greater amount of its pick-up trucks?
Rachel's business sold a greater amount of its pick-up trucks.
Their were 230 animals in the park. 41 squirrels 37 birds and 18 deer. The rest is birds.
What fraction of those birds were in the park?
134/230 birds were in the park.
At a party, Lucy and her friends ate 2 1/2 pizzas. After the party there were 1 1/8 pizza left.
How many pizza's were to start at the party?
29/8.
Jack had 1 half of the cake. Tracy had 7/58 of the cake.
How much cake is left after Jack and Tracy had some?
There is 22/58 of cake left after Jack and Tracy had some.
By dinnertime Brenda finished 1/6 of the questions from her history homework. Her friend Lara finished 5/72.
Who had finished more?
Lara.
Priya spent 1/2 of the day hiking. She was lost 5/6 of the time she was hiking.
What fraction of the day Priya was lost?
Priya was lost /12 of the day.
Lily was playing a video game and she needed to find 3 pieces of a key to unlock a treasure chest. Lily found 1/3 of the key and Julie found 6/56 of the key.
How many pieces of the key did they find all together? (Please answer in mix number if needed)
They found 24/56 of the key all together.