Rational Number Operations

-3 ¼ + ½

• -2 ¾

• 3 ¾

• -3 ¾

• -¾

-½ + -½

• - ¼

• 1

• 0

• -1

Gretchen spends 1/2 an hour grooming Hobo and 1/3 of an hour riding Hobo. How much time did she spend with Hobo?

• ⅖ hours

• ⅚ hours

• ⅔ hours

• ⅜ hours

Cliff collects marbles. ½ of his collection is blue. Of the blue marbles ½ of these are a dark blue. How much of Cliff’s marble collection is dark blue?

• 1 of the marbles

• ¼ of the marbles

• 10 of the marbles

• ½ of the marbles

Janine collects sports equipment. ½ of her collection are sports balls. Of the sports balls ¼ of them are softballs. How much of the sport equipment are softballs?

• ¾

• 2

• ⅛

• ⅔

Candice and Chris run a relay race at recess. Candice runs 1 ⅓ of a lap around the track. Chris runs ½ of a lap around the track. How much farther does Candice run than Chris?

• ⅚ laps

• ⅔ laps

• ¾ laps

• ⅙ laps

Tina lives 2 ¼ miles from the library. Sonya lives 3 ½ miles from the library. How much further does Sonya live than Tina?

• 1 ½ miles

• 1 ¼ miles

• ¾ miles

• ⅔ miles

A Gatorade cooler has 36 cups of water. If a serving is ¾ of a cup how many servings are in the cooler?

• 48 servings

• 27 servings

• 36 ¾ servings

• 60 servings

If a sheep eats ⅙ of a bale of hay a day how many sheep can be fed off of 2 bales of hay?

• 3 sheep

• 6 sheep

• 9 sheep

• 12 sheep

Todd had ¾ of an apple left from breakfast. His sister ate ⅛ of what was left. How much of the apple is left?

• ⅞ of the apple

• 5/8 of the apple

• 3/32 of the apple

• ⅓ of the apple