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100

What is 1/2+1/3?

The answer is 5/6

100

What is 3/4-1/4?

The answer is 1/2

100

What is 1/15+1/6?

The answer is 7/30

100

Amy’s sculpture is 7/12 tall. She attaches it to a base that is 1/3 foot tall. How tall, in feet, is the sculpture with the base?

The answer is 11/12 feet

100

Tara was baking cookies. She needed 3/4 of flour but she only had 1/2 of flour. How much more flour does she need?

The answer is 1/4 of flour

200

What is 1/2+3/5?

The answer is 1 1/10

200

What is 1/2-3/10?

The answer is 2/10

200

What is 7/16-1/4?

The answer is 3/16

200

 Cindy added 5/8 cup of water to 1/4 cup of juice concentrate. How much juice did she make?

The answer is 7/8 of juice

200

Olivia’s math class lass 5/6 of an hour. Only 3/12 of an hour has gone by. What fraction of an hour remains of Olivia’s math class?

The answer is 7/12 of a fraction of an hour left 

300

What is 4/5+3/8?

The answer is 1 7/40

300

What is 7/8-1/3?

The answer is 1 5/24

300

What is 1/12+7/8?

The answer is 23/24

300

About 1/10 of the bones in your body are in your skull. Your hands have about 1/4 of the bones in your body. What fraction of the bones in your body are in your hands and skull?

The answer is 7/20 of your skull and hands

300

Claire ran 1/3 of a mile. Hana ran 1/6 of a mile. How much further did Claire run then Hana?

The answer is 1/6

400

What is 5/8+3/4?

The answer is 1 3/8

400

What is 5/6-3/12?

The answer is 7/12

400

What is 2/5+(7/10-10/4)?

The answer is 7/10

400

If two sides of an isosceles triangle measure 1/4 inch, and the third side measures 3/8 inch, what is the perimeter of the triangle?

The answer is 5/8 inches

400

Ashley bought 5/6 of peanuts with his friends. He ate 3/4 pound of the peanuts with his friends. How much did Felix have left?

The answer was 1/12 of peanuts 

500

What is 3/4+1/2+1/3?

The answer is 1 7/12

500

What is (7/10-4/10)-1/5?

The answer is 1/10

500

What is 7/8+(4/8-2/4)?

The answer is 7/8

500

Mr. Perez is building a fence. He wants to bolt together 2 boards. One is 3/4 inch thick and the other is 1/8 inch thick. What will be the total thickness of the two boards?

The answer is 7/8 inch thick

500

Megan was watching a movie. She wanted to buy popcorn, she ate 1/3 of the popcorn and she gave her sister 1/5 of the popcorn. How much popcorn does she have left?

The answer is 1/15 popcorn left