Breaking Apart Mixed Numbers

A bucket held 3 1/2 gallons of water. 1 1/2 gallons were used for watering lettuce and 1/2 gallon was used for watering carrots. How much water is left?

• 2 1/2

• 1 1/2

• 2

• 1/2

Mimi cut 5 oranges into sixths for a picnic. After the picnic, there was only 4/6 of an orange left. How many oranges were eaten?

• 4 1/6

• 4 2/6

• 1 2/6

• 5 4/6

A baker used 3 7/8 bars of chocolate to bake a cake and had 1 5/8 left over. Then she ate 4/8 of another bar. How many chocolate bars did she have at the start?

• 6 bars

• 5 7/8 bars

• 4 bars

• 5 4/8 bars

Mom had 5 2/6 yards of fabric. She cut off 3/6 yards for a quilt. She also cut 2 4/6 yards off the roll of fabric for another quilt. How much fabric did she have left?

• 4 5/6 yards

• 2 1/6 yards

• 2 yards

• 2 4/6 yards

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• B

• C

• D

John bought 5 1/4 bags of garden soil. He put the soil in three big pots. He put the same amount of soil in each pot. How much soil did John put in one pot?

• 1 3/4 bags

• 8 1/4 bags

• 63/4 or 15 3/4 bags

• 2 1/4 bags

John divide equally 2 1/2 chocolate bars between himself and his younger brother. How much chocolate bar did each one get?

• 5 1/2 chocolate bars

• 1 1/2 chocolate bars

• 4 1/2 chocolate bars

• 1 1/4 chocolate bars

Mrs. Hill's class ate 5 3/4 cookies on Valentine's Day. Mrs. G's class ate 3 1/4 cookies. How much more did Mrs. Hill's class eat than Mrs. G's class?

• 2 2/4 cookies

• 1 2/4 cookies

• 9 cookies

• 8 2/4 cookies

Mrs. Vasquez bought 2 1/3 pounds of grapes and 1 2/3 pounds of bananas. How many total pounds of fruit did she buy?

• 5 pounds

• 4 pounds

• 2 1/3 pounds

• 1 2/3 pounds