Adding Fractions (3 min)
1/3 + 1/3
2/3
DOUBLE JEOPARDY 1/3 - 1/4 =
1/12
Jamal used 1/3 yard of ribbon to tie a package and 1/6 yard of ribbon to tie a bow. How many yards of ribbon did Jamal use?
9/18 or 1/2 of a yard
Jing spent 1/3 of her money on a pack of pens, 1/2 of her money on a pack of markers, and 1/8 of her money on a pack of pencils. What fraction of her money is left?
Jing has 1/24 of her money left
3/6 =
1/2
6/12 + 6/12 =
12/12 or 1 whole
3/4 - 2/4 =
1/4
Over the weekend, Nolan drank 1/6 quart of orange juice, and Andrea drank 3/4 quart of orange juice. How many quarts did they drink together?
22/24 or 11/12
Shelby bought a 2-ounce tube of blue paint. She used 2/3 ounce to paint the water, 3/5 ounce to paint the sky, and some to paint a flag. After that, she has 2/15 ounce left. How much paint did Shelby use to paint her flag?
She used 9/15 to paint the flag
8/12 =
2/3
DOUBLE JEOPARDY 1 1/2 + 2/5 =
1 9/10
2/3 - 1/4 =
5/12
Penny used 2/5 lb of flour to bake a vanilla cake. She used another 3/4 lb of flour to bake a chocolate cake. How much flour did she use altogether?
1 3/20 lb
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Leonard spent 1/4 of his money on a sandwich. He spent 2 times as much on a gift for his brother as on some comic books. He had 3/8 of his money left. What fraction of his money did he spend on the comic books?
Leonard spent 1/8 of his money on comics.
22/24 =
11/12
3 5/7 + 6 2/3 =
10 8/21
1 3/4 - 6/7
25/28
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Mr. Penman had 2/3 liter of salt water. He used 1/5 of a liter for an experiment. How much salt water does Mr. Penman have left?
7/15 L left
Mr. Neville Iceguy mixed up 12 3/5 gallons of chili for a party. If 7 3/4 gallons of chili was mild, and the rest was extra spicy, how much extra spicy chili did Mr. Iceguy make?
4 17/20 gallons
5/15 =
1/3
15 5/6 + 7 9/20
23 11/15
15 1/2 - 4 1/3
11 1/6
Jean-Luc jogged around the lake in 1 1/4 hour. William jogged the same distance in 5/6 hour. How much longer did Jean-Luc take than William in hours?
10/24 or 5/12 of an hour longer
DeAngelo needs 100 lb of garden soil to landscape a building. In the company’s storage area, he finds 2 cases holding 24 3/4 lb of garden soil each, and a third case holding 19 3/8 lb. How much gardening soil does DeAngelo still need in order to do the job?
He needs 31 1/8 lbs
32/40
4/5