Math Jeopardy

Word Problems

100

Sarah made a mix of chocolate chips. The mix has 1/2 cup white chocolate chips, 2 and 2/3 cups milk chocolate chips, and 1 and 1/4 cups dark chocolate chips. How many cups of chocolate chips does Sarah have? 

4 and 5/12 cups

200

Charlie is 5 and 1/2 feet tall. Kyle is 5 and 1/3 feet tall. Who is taller and how much taller? 

Charlie is 1/6 feet taller than Kyle. 

300

Sean ran 1/2 a mile down the road and then walked 1/3 of a mile. How far did David go in all? 

5/6 of a mile

400

Brian walked 2/5 of a trail and ran 1/4 of a trail. How much of the trail did Andrea cover?

13/20

500

If Brian walked 2/5 of the trail and ran 1/4 of the trail, did Brian walk or run farther, how much farther? 

Brian walked farther by 3/20 

Adding/Subtracting Fractions

100

5/6-1/3

3/6 or 1/2

200

5/6 + 1/3

7/6 or 1 and 1/6

300

1/6 + 2 and 1/4

2 and 5/12 or 29/5

400

1 and 1/5 - 3/10

9/10

500

3 and 5/6 - 2 and 7/12

1 and 1/4 

Equivalent Fractions/fill in the blank

100

1/2 + 1/3

3/6 + 2/6= 5/6

200

3/5 - 4/10

6/10 - 4/10 = 2/10 or 1/5

300

1 and 5/6 + blank = 2

1/6

400

3 and 4/15 + 2 and 1/3

5 and 9/15 or 5 and 3/5

500

blank + 5/8 = 3/4

1/8

Fraction of a Whole Number

100

1/3 of 27

4

200

1/12 x 60

5

300

3/4 of 36

27

400

5/8 of 48

30

500

7/12 of 132

77

Better Buy

100

4 cans for $3 or 8 cans for $6

Both deals cost the same $0.75 per can.

200

5 cans for $6 or 8 cans for $10

Deal 1 is the better buy, because each can costs $1.20 versus $1.25 per can in Deal 2.

300

10 cans for $20 or 20 cans for $40

Both would cost $2

400

12 cans for $36 or 9 cans for $18

9 cans for $18 because $2 per can

500

100 cans for $5,000 or 50 cans for $1,000

50 cans for $1,000 because it would be $20 per can