Fractions
Yesterday Carson recycled 1 1/3 pounds of paper packaging. He also recycled 3/4 of a pound of plastic packaging. Combined, how many pounds of packaging did Carson recycle yesterday? Show your thinking.
Carson recycled 2 1/12 pounds of packaging yesterday.
Samantha bought 3.45 kg of apples and 2.7 kg of oranges. How many kilograms of fruit did she buy in total?
3.45 + 2.7 = 6.15 kg
A ribbon is 3 meters long. How many centimeters is that?
300 cm
Round to the nearest tenth
23.467 → ?
23.5
Alex and his 3 friends baked 48 muffins. Each friend ate 1 muffin first, and the rest were shared equally.
11 Muffins
Carmen ran 1 3/8 miles yesterday. Her sister Lola ran 2 1/4 miles. How much farther did Lola run than Carmen? Show your thinking.
Lola ran 7/8 of a mile farther than Carmen.
A car had 15.8 gallons of gas. After a trip, there were 9.6 gallons left. How many gallons of gas were used?
15.8 − 9.6 = 6.2 gallons
A bag of flour weighs 2.5 kilograms. How many grams is that?
2,500 g
Round to the nearest hundredth
5.3892 → ?
5.39
Ms. Carter and 4 other teachers ordered supplies that cost $90 total. The store charged $3 shipping per item, and each teacher ordered one item.
$21
On Monday, Mr. Miles walked 1/9 of the trail to warm up and then he ran 7/8 of the trail. What fraction of the trail did Mr. Miles cover on Monday?
Mr. Miles covered 71/72 of the trail on Monday.
A baker used 2.35 cups of sugar for one cake and 1.4 cups for another. How much sugar did he use in total?
2.35 + 1.4 = 3.75 cups
A water bottle holds 1.2 liters. How many milliliters is that?
1,200 mL
Round to the nearest whole number
128.74 → ?
129
Noah and his 5 friends collected 92 baseball cards. Each friend kept 4 cards right away, and the rest were divided equally.
11 Cards 2 Left Over
Dylan spent 1/6 of an hour sweeping the floor and 1/3 of an hour picking weeds to help his parents. What fraction of an hour did Dylan spend helping his parents?
Dylan spent 1/2 hour helping his parents.
A tank contains 25.6 liters of water. After filling a pool, there were 18.25 liters left. How many liters went into the pool?
25.6 − 18.25 = 7.35 liters
A swimming pool is 2,500 centimeters long. How many meters is that?
25 m
Round to the nearest thousandth
0.45678 → ?
0.457
A club ordered 8 identical T-shirts that cost $120 total, plus $5 shipping for each shirt.
$20
Mrs. Brown bought a dozen eggs at the store. She used 1/3 of the dozen in a baking recipe and scrambled 1/6 of the dozen for breakfast tacos. What fraction of the dozen was left?
Mrs. Brown has 1/2 of the dozen eggs left.
Liam earned $12.75 on Monday, $8.50 on Tuesday, and spent $5.30 on snacks. How much money does he have left?
12.75 + 8.50 = 21.25
21.25 − 5.30 = $15.95
A newborn baby weighs 3,600 grams. How many kilograms is that?
3.6 kg
Round 0.9876543 to:
a) the nearest thousandth
b) the nearest ten-thousandth
c) the nearest whole number
A) 0.988
B) 0.9877
C) 1
A bakery made 287 cookies for a school fundraiser. They planned to pack the cookies into 12 boxes.
Before packing, the bakery set aside 5 cookies for tasting. The remaining cookies were then divided equally among the 12 boxes. How many cookies go in each box, and how many cookies are left over?
23 cookies, with 6 cookies left over.