Adding and Subtracting Fractions (mostly)
8/15 + 1/6
What is 7/10
Multiply: 3/7 x 2/3 =
What is 2/7
2/3 x 4 1/2
What is 3
2/3 + 6 1/5
What is 6 13/15
5/8 x 24
What is 15
1/8 divided by 3/4
What is 1/6
3 1/6 - 1/7 =
What is 3 1/42
In one school, 5/6 of the sixth-graders take a foreign language. Of these students, 2/5 takes French. What fraction of the sixth graders take French?
What is 1/3
Melinda is baking Irish Soda bread for the PTA bake sale. She has 10 1/2 cups of flour. The recipe for 1 loaf calls for 2 1/3 cups of flour. This is enough flour for how many whole leaves of bread?
What is 4
10 1/2 divided by 2 1/3 =
One container holds 1 7/8 quarts of water and a second container holds 5 3/4 quarts of water. How many more quarts of water does the second container hold than the first container?
What is 3 7/8 quarts
Jack buys a bag of candy that weighs 3/4 of a pound. Later in the week, the bag is 2/3 full. How much does the bag of candy weigh now?
What is 1/2 pound
2/3 x 3/4 = 6/12 = 1/2
Lizzie used 24 ounces of spaghetti to make a recipe. If she wanted to make 1/4 as much, how much spaghetti should she use?
What is 6 ounces
1/4 x 24= 6
A pitcher contains 2/3 quart of apple juice. If an equal amount of apple juice is poured into each of 6 glasses, how much apple juice will each glass contain?
What is 1/9
2/3 divided by 6 = 1/9
One serving of Chris's favorite cereal contains 1 2/5 ounces. How many servings are in a 17 1/2 ounce box?
What is 12 1/2
17 1/2 divided by 1 2/5 = 12 1/2
Marco and his friends ate 3/4 of a pizza. His brother Joe ate 2/3 of what was left. How much of the original pizza did Joe eat?
What is 1/6 of the pizza
Liam has 9 2/3 gallons of paint. He wants to use 3/4 of the paint to paint his living room How many gallons of paint will Liam have left?
multi-step! Multiply and then subtract.
2 5/12 gallons left
Amelio is making cakes for a big party. He uses 3/4 cup of oil for each cake. How many cakes can he make if he has a bottle of oil that has 7 1/2 cups in it?
What is 10
7 1/2 divided by 3/4 = 10
Six people share 3/5 pound of peanuts equally. What fraction of a pound of peanuts does each person receive?
What is 1/10
3/5 divided by 6 =
You are making sushi rolls. You have 1 3/4 cups of rice and will use 1/8 cup of rice for each sushi roll. How many sushi rolls can you make?
What is 14
1 3/4 divided by 1/8 = 14