Fraction Word

Billy the dog weighs 9 2/5 pounds more than Henry the dog. If Henry weights 22 1/4 pounds, how much does Billy weigh?

• 31 13/20 pounds

• 32 1/20 pounds

• 32 11/20 pounds

• 31 11/20 pounds

Thomas walked 1 1/4 miles from his home to his school. Jackson walks 1 2/3 miles from his home to work. How much farther does Jackson walk to school than Thomas?

• 5/12 of a mile

• 7/12 of a mile

• 1/5 of a mile

•  1/2 of a mile

Clara grew 2 1/8 inches from her ninth birthday to her tenth birthday. If she was 53 2/3 inches when she turned nine. How tall was she when she turned ten?

•  55 19/24 inches

•  55 5/6 inches

• 56 5/6 inches

• 56 1/24 inches

Adam ran 2 1/3 miles. Lucy ran 1 3/4 miles. How many miles did the two runners run combined?

• 4 1/12

• 3 8/9

•  4 1/6

• 3 11/12

Linda posted flyers for Homecoming last week. She has 70 posters to hang. Last week, she posted 1/5 of them. This week, she posted 4/7 of the remaining flyers. How many flyers are still not hung?

• 56

• 24

• 32

• 14

Kiki ate 1/6 of the celery sticks. What fraction of the celery sticks is left for Carl to eat?

• 5/6

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 4/6

Mitchell has a small bag with twelve M&Ms in it.  Five of the M&Ms are yellow. Two are green. One is orange. Four are brown.  What fraction of the M&Ms are brown?

• 5/12

• 2/12

• 1/12

• 4/12

Jordan ate 3/9 of the crackers. Sam ate of the 4/9 crackers. What fraction of the crackers is left?

• 7/9

• 2/9

• 1/9

• 5/9

Caroline collected 3 ¹/4 bags of bottles to take to the recycling center. ²/₃ of the bags are plastic bottles.

The recycling center only accepts plastic bottles. How many bags will the recycling center accept?

• 1 bag

• 1 ¹/₆ bags

• 2 ¹/₆ bags

• 3 ¹/₄ bags

Kimberly has 80 coins in her collection. She shared 1/8 of her collection equally between two friends. How many coins did each friend receive?

• 5

• 10

• 25

• 30