Equivalent Fractions
Which fraction is equivalent to ½?
4/6 or 4/8 or 4/10
4/8
1/2 + 1/5 = ?
7/10
5/6 + 2/6 = ?
1/2
2 3/10 + 3 3/10 = ?
5 6/10 or 5 3/5
Erin jogged 2 ¼ miles on Monday and 3 ¼ miles on Tuesday. How many miles did Erin jog altogether?
5 1/2 miles
5/6 = 35/?
35/42
2/5 + 1/4 = ?
13/20
4/5 + 2/3 = ?
1/2
4 - 2 5/8 = ?
1 3/8
Angela watched TV for 2 ½ hours on Friday,
2 ⅓ hours on Saturday, and 3 ⅔ hours on Sunday. How much time did Angela spend watching TV?
8 1/2 hours
Write this fraction as a mixed number.
25/7
3 4/7
3/5 + 3/5 + 3/7 = ?
1 22/35
5/7 - 2/3 = ?
1/21
3 1/2 + 5 1/4 = ?
8 3/4
George had 4 ½ kg of flour for his baking. He used ⅔ kg for his cookies and 1 ¼ kg for his bread. How much flour did George have left after baking?
2 7/12 kg of flour left
Write this fraction as a mixed number. Simplify.
5/8 + 5/8
1 1/4
3/8 + 2/3 = ?
1 1/24
Robin used ¼ pound of butter to make a cake. Before she started, she had ⅞ of a pound of butter. How much butter did Robin use in the cake?
5/8 of a pound
On Monday, Riley practiced guitar for ⅔ of an hour. When she finished, she practiced piano for ¾ of an hour. How much time did Riley spend practicing instruments?
1 5/12 hours
Priya picked apples for pie. She picked 4 ½ pounds of apples, but when she got home, she discovered that 1 ⅓ of the apples were rotten. How many pounds of apples were not rotten?
3 1/6 pounds of apples
Natalie sewed five boards of equal length to make a stool. Each was 9 tenths of a meter long. What is the total length of the boards she sawed? Express your answer as a mixed number.
4 1/2 meters
Mr. Giroux used ⅝ of a tank of gas on a trip to visit relatives for the weekend and another 1-half of a tank commuting to work the next week. He then took another weekend trip and used ¼ tanks of gas. How many tanks of gas did Mr. Giroux use altogether?
1 and 3/8 tanks
Steven jogged around the lake in 1 ¼ hours. William jogged the same distance in ⅚ hours. How much longer did Steven take than William?
5/12 hours longer
15 5/6 + 7 9/10 =
23 11/15
A boxer needs to lose 3 ½ kg in a month to compete as a flyweight. In three weeks, he lowers his weight from 55.5 kg to 53.8 kg. How many kg must the boxer lose in the final week in order to compete as a flyweight?
1 4/5 kg