Number and Operations- Fractions (Grade 5)

What must you have to add and subtract fractions?

• Common numerators
• Different numerators
• Different denominators
• Common denominators

 $\frac{1}{4}+\frac{2}{3}$  

•  $\frac{3}{12}$  

•  $\frac{3}{4}$  

•  $\frac{11}{12}$  

•  $\frac{3}{7}$  

 $\frac{8}{9}-\frac{5}{6}$  

•  $\frac{1}{18}$  

•  $\frac{3}{3}$  

•  $\frac{3}{18}$  

•  $\frac{1}{54}$  

 $3\ \frac{5}{6}+4\ \frac{1}{8}=$  

•  $12\ \frac{2}{3}$  

•  $7\ \frac{6}{14}$  

•  $7\ \frac{1}{3}$  

•  $7\ \frac{23}{24}$  

 $7\ \frac{2}{5}-2\ \frac{1}{4}$  

•  $5\ \frac{3}{20}$  

•  $4\ \frac{3}{20}$  

•  $5\ \frac{1}{5}$  

•  $4\ \frac{1}{5}$  

Yala brought   $\frac{5}{9}$  pound of cherries to school. Will brought   $\frac{4}{15}$  pound of cherries to school. Which equation could Yala use to find the difference in the number of pounds of cherries she and Will brought to school?

•  $\frac{5-4}{9-15}=\ \frac{1}{6}$  

•  $\frac{5}{15}-\frac{4}{15}=\frac{1}{15}$  

•  $\frac{5}{45}-\frac{4}{45}=\frac{1}{45}$  

•  $\frac{25}{45}-\frac{12}{45}=\frac{13}{45}$  

• The fraction $\frac{2}{5}$ is closer to one-half.

• The fraction $\frac{5}{6}$ is closer to one-half.

• $\frac{2}{5}$ and $\frac{5}{6}$ are less than the benchmark fraction of 1, the sum is less than $1\ \frac{1}{2}$ .

• Lucinda is correct.

• Marcus is correct.

At a football game,   $\frac{8}{15}$  of the fans wore team T-shirts. Of those wearing team T-shirts,   $\frac{1}{4}$  also wore team hats.
What fraction of the fans at the football game wore both a team T-shirt and a team hat?
 

•  $\frac{3}{15}$  

•  $\frac{9}{19}$  

•  $\frac{7}{60}$  

•  $\frac{8}{60}$  

Taylor is decorating for a party. She cuts 5 equal-length streamers from a strip of yellow paper that is 9 feet long. How long is each streamer?

• $\frac{5}{9}$ feet

• $\frac{4}{5}$ feet

• 1 $\frac{4}{5}$ feet

• $4$ feet

Which situation can be represented by the fraction  $\frac{20}{8}$  ?

• Leslie spent 20 dollars and 8 cents at a store. How is the amount of money Leslie spent written as a fraction? 

• Mr. Kramer’s 8 grandchildren shared 20 crackers equally. How many crackers did each grandchild get?

• Mitch bought 20 containers of flowers at a plant store. Each container had 8 flowers in it. How many flowers did Mitch buy?

• Stamps are sold in booklets of 20 stamps. Donna used 8 stamps to send invitations for a party. How many booklets of stamps did Donna use to send her invitations?