Problem of the Day

Find the sum of the shaded area of the following squares:

Fractions Review

On the dog food Amber bought for her dog the directions said to give the dog three-fifths of a cup of food once a day. How much dog food will Amber give her dog in five days?

William had to concentrate on finishing his math problems. He just didn't like fractions. His mind had gone blank. There were thirty-two problems. He had done half of them at school. Whenever he starts on them again, how many more problems does he have to do?

Megan needed to alter a new dress that she purchased. She took off three and three-eighths inches in the jacket and three and four-sevenths inches in the waste. How many inches were altered?

Amanda is making chocolate milkshakes for Stephanie's birthday party. There will be sixteen people at the party. It takes half of a cup of milk to make one chocolate milkshake. How many cups of milk will it take to make sixteen milkshakes?

Jacob made a basket of fire starters for his father. He made them by dipping pinecones in wax. The wax was different colors. When he finished he put them in a pretty basket with a big red bow on it. He made thirty-five fire starters. One-fifth of them were red and the rest of them were green. How many were green?

Jonathan works at Mountain Springs Dairy Bar. He makes milkshakes and ice cream cones. One day he made 10 milkshakes. Half of the milkshakes he made were chocolate. How many chocolate milkshakes did he make?

a) 2/4 and 3/8b) 6/8 and 9/12c) 9/6 and 6/12d) 4/3 and 8/3

Sandra’s teacher asked her to write two fractions the are equivalent to ¾ if

Sandra did this problem correctly, which answer did she write?

a) 4 cupsb) 5 cupsc) 6 cupsd) 7 cups

Jeff has 7/8 cups of peas, 5/6 cups of Beans, and 3 8/9 cups of carrots.

About how many cups of vegetables does Jeff have?

Sammy and I are making cookies and each brought ingredients. If I have 1/8 cup of flour and Sammy

has 1/8 cup of flour. How much flour do we have together?

A.½ B. ¾ C. ¼