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There were 5 candy bars. Shayla ate 1 ¼ candy bars. Elsa ate 1 ⅝ candy bars. How many candy bars were left?

• 2 and 1/8

• 3 and 1/8

• 4 and 7/8

• 3 and 7/8

Ms. Moore’s class had an ice-cream party. Of all the students, ⅗ chose vanilla ice cream, 3/10 chose chocolate ice cream, and the rest chose strawberry ice cream. What fraction of the class chose strawberry ice cream?

• 9/10

• 6/15

• 9/15

• 1/10

Janet and Pat shared a whole pizza. Janet ate 1/3 of the pizza. Pat ate 1/8 of the pizza. What fraction of the pizza did Janet and Pat eat altogether?

• 2/11

• 2/24

• 11/24

• 1/2

The water jug holds 4 ½ gallons of water. The team drank 1 ¾ gallons at halftime and 1 ⅛ after the game was over. How much water did the team drink?

• 2 and 4/12

• 6 and 1/4

• 7 and 3/8

• 2 and 7/8

Ronda ate 4/5 of a pie, and Kate ate 3/10 of the same pie. How much more pie did Ronda eat?

• 1/2

• 11/10

• 1/5

• 7/15

Wade has read 5/12 of a book. Carl has read 2/3 of the same book. How much more of the book has Carl read than Wade?

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 1 and 1/12

• 7/15

Jerry bought 2 ⅓ pounds of Swiss cheese and 1 ¾ pounds of cheddar cheese. How many pounds of cheese did Jerry buy altogether?

• 4 and 1/12

• 3 and 1/3

• 1 and 5/12

• 3 and 1/12

Four boys shared an apple. The amount each boy ate is listed below.

Joe ate ¼ of the apple.

Mac ate ⅛ of the apple.

Chris ate ¼ of the apple.

Keith ate ⅛ of the apple.

How much of the apple did they eat altogether?

• 4/24

• 8/32

• 1/4

• 3/4

Oliver had a piece of wire that was 4 ⅞ feet long. He cut a 2 and 1/10-foot section from the wire. Which measurement is closest to the length of the piece of wire remaining?

• 3 feet

• 4 feet

• 5 feet

• 6 feet

Four friends shared a pitcher of juice. Eddie drank 3/9 of the juice, Lauren drank 2/12 Asha drank 4/12 and Demetrius drank of the 3/15 juice. Which two friends drank 1/3 of the juice?

• Eddie & Asha

• Lauren & Demetrius

• Eddie & Demetrius

• Lauren & Asha