Fraction with Mixed Numbers

Add the mixed numbers vertically. Simplify if needed.

What is 2 1/3 + 1 1/3?

• 1

• 2

• 2 1/3

• 3 2/3

Solve this mixed number equation:
1⅔ + 1⅚

• 3 1/2

• 2 7/6

• 3 7/6

• 2 7/9

Find Lowest Common Denominator & solve
1     5/7  +   14    1/2

• 15  1/14

• 15  6/21

• 15  17/21

• 15  17/14

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

Find Lowest Common Denominator & solve
4    1/2    +   14    6/12 =

• 18   7/14

• 18   12/12

• 18   24/24

• 18

Robert made a fruit salad with 11/12 of a pound of melon and 1/6 of a pound of berries. How many pounds of fruit did Robert use in all?

• 1 1/12

• 3/4

• 2/3

• 1 1/2

What is the first step in solving this problem? 
⅘ + ½ =

• Add the top parts of the fraction

• Rewrite the fractions in the simplest form. 

• Find a common denominator. 

• Make each fraction into an improper faction.