Adding fractions
What is 4/12 + 5/12? Write your answer in simplest form.
9/12 = 3/4
Chef Mabel bought ⁷⁄₁₂ pounds of carrots. If she later bought another ⁵⁄₁₂ pounds of carrots, what is the total weight of carrots she bought?
12/12 = 1 pound
Add the fractions. Write the answer as a mixed number. 2/4 + 1/8 + 3/4 =
11/4 = 2 3/4
Add 2/15 + 4/5. Write your answer in simplest form.
14/5 = 2 4/5
Damian drew a line that was 2/10 inches long. If he drew a second line that was 4/10 inches longer, what is the length of the second line?
6/10 inches
What is 15/24 - 2/4? Write your answer in simplest form.
2/24 = 1/12
Raelyn had 6/12 cups of flour. If she used 5/12 cups of flour for baking, how much flour did she have left?
1/12 cups of flour
Aiden bought a box of fruit that weighed 23/24 kilograms. If he gave away 19/24 kilograms of fruit to his friends, how many kilograms does he have left? Write your answer in simplest form.
4/24 = 1/6
If Estelle ate 1/3 of a chocolate bar and Eliana ate 1/2 of a chocolate bar, who ate more chocolate?
Eliana
Charli spent 7/10 hours working on her reading and math homework. If she spent 4/10 hours on her reading homework, how much time did she spend on her math homework?
3/10 hours
On Monday Hannah spent 4 4/5 hours studying. On Tuesday she spent another 7 4/5 hours studying. What is the combined length of time she spent studying?
12 8 /5
A full garbage truck weighed 23/10 tons. After dumping the garbage, the truck weighed 8/10 tons. What was the weight of the garbage? Write your answer as a mixed number in simplest form.
15/10 = 1 5/10 = 1 1/2 tons
Owen ate 1/3 of a blob fish. His mother and father each ate 2/3 of a blob fish. How many blob fish did they eat all together? Write your answer in simplest form.
Owen and his parents ate 5/3 or 1 2/3 of blob fish.
A recipe called for using 1 ¹⁄₄ cups of flour before baking and another 6 ⁶⁄₈ cups after baking. What is the total amount of flour needed in the recipe?
7 8/8 = 8 cups of flour