Multiplying Fractions

A recipe calls for 1/3 of a cup of butter. If

Matthew is making 1/4 of the
recipe, how much butter should he use?

One-half of the people at the picnic went

home sick, but only one-fifth
of them were seriously ill. What part of the
whole group was seriously ill?

Mom left 1/3 of a pie for chucky to eat, but

since he was not very hungry,
he ate only 1/5 of what was there. What part
of a whole pie did chucky eat?
Mom is making 1/3 of a recipe that calls
for 2/3 of a cup of flour. How much
flour should she use?

If there are 365 days in one year, how

many days are there in 25 years? (Dont
worry about leap years.)
 ADDITION of Fractions
The manager of a toy factor)' was studying how much time
workers spent in putting together children's toys. He got
out his stop watch and timed one worker putting together
a remote-controlled robot. The worker performed three
2 3/
tasks. One task took
3
of a minute, the next took 4
minute, and the third took \ minute. How much time did
the worker spend on the three tasks in all?

Ernestine was playing piano for a New Year's Eve

party. When midnight came, she played Auld Lang
Syne. As she read the notes, she saw that the first
1 6
note lasted for beat, the second note was for
4 16
1
beat, and that the third note was played for beat.
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What was the total time for the first three notes?

Mary bought a new pair of blue jeans. She tried

them on, looked in the mirror and felt the
jeans did not fit as closely as she wanted. She
decided to shrink the jeans. She soaked them
2
twice. The first time the jeans shrank of
16
an inch. The second time the jeans shrank
 1
another of an inch from the original size.
16
How much did she shrink the jeans in all?

Jean went to a party at her girlfriends house, where

she saw many of her friends and spent some time
1
dancing. She danced with Gary for hour, with
4
1 1
Bob for hour and with Gil for hour. How
4 4
much time did she spend dancing altogether?
2
Two sisters each owned acre of valuable city land.
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Their tracts of land were next to each other. If the
sisters pooled their land, how large would the
combined tract of land be

Division of fraction
 Subtraction of
Fractions
In science class, the teacher compared two types of
violets. The distance across the flower of the first
2
violet, which had a white color, measured inch.
5
The distance across the flower of the second violet,
7
which had a purple color, measured inch. How
12
much longer was the distance acros: the flower of the
purple violet than the distance across the flower of
the white violet?

Two books were lying next to each other on a table.

13 7
The first book was thick, the second book was
16 8
thick. Which book was thicker and by ho* much?

Susan swims a race in 29 3/10 seconds.

Patty swims the race in
33 9/10 seconds. How much faster was
Susan than Patty?

A pitcher contains 2 3/4 pints of orange

juice. After you pour 5/8 of a
pint into a glass, How much is left in the
pitcher?
Pam walks 7/8 of a mile to school. Paul walks
1/2 of a mile to school. How much farther
does Pam walk than Paul?