Frances rode her bike for one-fifth of a mile on Monday and two-fifths of a mile on Tuesday. How many miles did she ride altogether?

Frances rode her bike for three-fifths of a mile altogether.

Frances rode her bike for two-fifths of a mile altogether.

Frances rode her bike for four-fifths of a mile altogether.

Frances rode her bike for six-fifths of a mile altogether.

Miracle swam four-fifths of a lap in the morning and seven-fifteenths of a lap in the evening. How much farther did Miracle swim in the morning than in the evening?

Miracle swam one-third of a lap farther in the morning.

Miracle swam two-third of a lap farther in the morning.

Miracle swam one whole lap farther in the morning.

Miracle swam four-third of a lap farther in the morning.

It took Gerard five-thirds of an hour to complete his math homework on Monday, three-fourths of an hour on Tuesday, and five-sixths of an hour on Wednesday. How many hours did he take to complete his homework altogether?

It took Gerard three and one-fourth hours to complete his homework altogether.

It took Gerard a half an hour to complete his homework altogether.

It took Gerard three and one-thrid hours to complete his homework altogether.

It took Gerard two and two-fourth hours to complete his homework altogether.

At a pizza party, Calvin and his friends ate three and one-fourth cheese pizzas and two and three-fourths pepperoni pizzas. How much pizza did they eat in all?

Calvin and his friends ate six pizzas in all.

Calvin and his friends ate 1 and 1/3 pizzas in all.

Calvin and his friends ate seven pizzas in all.

Calvin and his friends ate 5 and 1/2 pizzas in all.

The Rodriguez family drove their car for five and five-sixths days to reach their vacation home, and then drove for six and one-sixth days to return home. How much longer did it take them to drive home?

The Rodriguez family took one-half more days to drive home.

The Rodriguez family took two-half more days to drive home.

The Rodriguez family took three-half more days to drive home.

The Rodriguez family took four-half more days to drive home.

A warehouse has 12 and nine-tenths meters of tape in one area of the building, and eight and three-fifths meters of tape in another part. How much tape does the warehouse have in all?

The warehouse has 21 and one-half meters of tape in all.

The warehouse has 22 and one-half meters of tape in all.

The warehouse has 20 and one-half meters of tape in all.

The warehouse has 23 and one-half meters of tape in all.

An electrician has three and seven-sixteenths cm of wire. He needs only two and five-eighths cm of wire for a job. How much wire does he need to cut?

The electrician needs to cut 13 sixteenths cm of wire.

The electrician needs to cut 10 sixteenths cm of wire.

The electrician needs to cut 11 sixteenths cm of wire.

The electrician needs to cut 12 sixteenths cm of wire.

A carpenter had a piece of wood that was 15 feet in length. If he needs only 10 and five-twelfths feet of wood, then how much wood should he cut?

The carpenter needs to cut four and seven-twelfths feet of wood.

The carpenter needs to cut three and seven-twelfths feet of wood.

The carpenter needs to cut two and seven-twelfths feet of wood.

The carpenter needs to cut seven-twelfths feet of wood.

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Applying Operations on Fractions in Word Problems: If John ate 3/8 of a pizza and Mary ate 1/4 of the same pizza, what fraction of the pizza was eaten in total?

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The Fox family ordered a large pizza with 12 slices. Three-twelfths of the pizza was pepperoni. Four-twelfths of the pizza was ham and the rest was just cheese. What fraction of the pizza was just cheese?

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Darla added five-sixths of a bag of soil to her garden. Her neighbor Kierstyn added eleven-eighths bags of soil to her garden. How much more soil did Kierstyn add than Darla?

Kierstyn add 13/24 more bags of soil to her garden

Kierstyn add 1/2 more bags of soil to her garden

Kierstyn add 11/20 more bags of soil to her garden

Kierstyn add 7/24 more bags of soil to her garden

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