Adding and Subtracting

Mixed Numbers

And

Multiplying

Fractions

Journal October 22Mrs. Pollan bought each of her students a bottle of water that contained one-fifth gallon. If there were ten students in her class, how many gallons of water did she buy?

Board Review

1. You are growing plants for a science project. One plant

is ¾ inches tall. The other plant is 5/8 inches tall. Find the difference in the heights of these plants?

2. Lillian has Boxer puppies for sale, 7/12 have black paws. By estimating to the nearest half, what fraction of puppies has black paws? (fraction)

3. Mackenzie’s mom is making shawls for the ladies in the nursing center near their home. Each shawl requires 2 2/6 skeins of yarn. She needs to make 13 of these shawls before Christmas. How many skeins of yarn will she need to purchase?

How many dozen donuts would Mrs. Moore need to purchase for classes on Wednesday? She teaches a total of 54 students every day.

Journal October 23, 2012Jakyva missed the bus. She has to

walk to school. She lives 2 2/5 miles from the school and has already walked 1 7/10 miles.

How much farther does she have to walk?

Board Review

1. Mrs. Watson’s class have collected items to send to our soldiers in Afghanistan. The packages weighed 10 1/8 pounds, 12 ¾ pounds, 11 2/7 pounds. Estimate the weight of Mrs. Watson’s packages.

2. The chart below shows how much ice cream was bought for the sixth grade science classes.

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1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr

East

West

Class Gallons

Watson 2 3/9

Freeman 2 2/3

Pollan 2 1/6

Riley 2 1/2

Moore 2 2/2

List from smallest to greatest.

Journal – October 24, 2012Rheaven and her grandfather have planned 6 hours for fishing plus time for lunch.

If they fish 3 ¼ hours before lunch, how many hours of fishing will they have after lunch?

Board Review

1. Mr. Charlie has 6 pieces of wood that are 1/10 feet long. About how much wood does he have?

2. Katie drew a line segment 7 3/8” long. She mistakenly erased 2 ½” of the line segment. What was the length of the line segment after she erased part of it.?

3. Solve: ¾ x 8/9

4. Solve: 6 = 1 ½ + 3 ¾ + N

Journal – October 25, 2012In one hour, a honey bee can fly 5 2/3 miles. A moth can fly 11 1/16 miles in one hour. About how much farther can the moth fly in one hour than the bee?

Board Review

1. Solve:

A 6 8/9 – 5/6

B 8/9 x ¾

C ¾ x 9

2. Mrs. Moore lives 38.24 miles from school. How many miles does she drive to and from school every week?