Improper to Mixed
Mixed to Improper
Adding
Subtracting
Adding or Subtracting
100

10/4

2 2/4

100

3 1/2

7/2

100

1/2 + 3/8

7/8

100
5/6 - 2/3

1/6

100

Mrs. Lanz needs two and two thirds cups of flour for a cake recipe. She has a total of three and four fifths cups at her house. How much will she have left after she bakes?

1 2/15 cups

200

17/3

5 2/3

200

9 1/3

28/3

200

2/7 + 3/14

7/14

200
7/8 - 2/4

3/8

200

Eleanor ran one and half miles at the jog a thon in 3rd grade, 2 and one eighth of a mile in 4th grade and 4 miles in 5th grade. How many miles did she run in the past 3 years? 

7 5/8 miles

300
28/6

4 4/6

300

2 6/7

20/7

300

2/3 + 3/5

19/15 OR 1 4/15

300

3 2/5 - 1 1/10

2 3/10

300
Sierra went for a hike. In the first hour, she hiked 3 and 2/3 miles. If the whole hike is 8 miles long, how many more miles does she have left? 

4 1/3 miles

400

78/12

6 6/12

400

17/2

8 1/2

400

1 2/3 + 2 3/4

3 17/12 or 4 5/12

400

2 1/3 - 1 3/4

7/12

400

JJ wants to bake the class a pie. He adds 1 3/4 cups of apples, 1 cup of sugar and a 2/5 a cup of milk to the filling. Will the filling fit into a bowl that can hold 3 cups?

No, because the total amount of filling will be 3 and 3/20 cup

500

103/25

4 3/25

500

13 2/3

41/3

500

8 4/9 + 6 1/6

14 11/18

500

4 5/9 - 3 11/12

23/36

500
Mrs. A and Mrs Lanz want to throw a fraction party for all of the 5th graders in Mrs. Lanz's class. Mrs. A gets 4 pizzas all cut into eighths. Unfortunately, Charlie, Mrs. Lanz's dog, eats 3 slices out of one of the boxes of pizza. With the rest of the pizza, the students eat 2 and 5/6 of the boxes. How much pizza is left for the teachers (and maybe Charlie)?

19/24 of a pizza