Develop an Understanding of Mixed Numbers

Bixby and Alexa are cats. Bixby weighs 4 1/8 kilograms. Their total weight of the cats is 6 7/8 kilograms. How much does Alexa weigh?

• 2 6/8

• 1 7/8

• 3

• 2 7/8

A bucket held 3 1/2 gallons of water. 1 1/2 gallons were used for watering lettuce and 1/2 gallon was used for watering carrots. How much water is left?

• 2 1/2

• 1 1/2

• 2

• 1/2

A builder cut 2 7/8 inches off a length of lumber. The lumber was 3 3/8 inches to start with. How much is left over?

• 6/8

• 1 4/8

• 4/8

• 1 3/8

Abel visited his grandpa 5 3/4 miles away. They stopped at a gas station after 2 1/4 miles. How much longer does he have to drive?

• 2 2/4

• 7 3/4

• 1 2/4

• 3 2/4

Mimi cut 5 oranges into sixths for a picnic. After the picnic, there was only 4/6 of an orange left. How many oranges were eaten?

• 4 1/6

• 4 2/6

• 1 2/6

• 5 4/6

A baker used 3 7/8 bars of chocolate to bake a cake and had 1 5/8 left over. Then she ate 4/8 of another bar. How many chocolate bars did she have at the start?

• 6 bars

• 5 7/8 bars

• 4 bars

• 5 4/8 bars

Mrs. Vasquez bought 2 1/3 pounds of grapes and 1 2/3 pounds of bananas. How many total pounds of fruit did she buy?

• 5 pounds

• 4 pounds

• 2 1/3 pounds

• 1 2/3 pounds

Mrs. Walker used 5 cups of flour in her favorite bread recipe. She used 3 1/4 less cups of yeast. How much yeast did Mrs. Walker use?

• 3 1/4 cups

• 2 3/4 cups

• 1 3/4 cups

• 8 1/4 cups

Nate takes his dog for a walk every weekend. They walked 4 5/8 miles on Saturday. They walked 2 7/8 less miles on Sunday. How many miles did he walk on Sunday?

• 2 7/8 miles

• 2 2/8 miles

• 1 6/8 miles

• 1 5/8 miles

When painting his bedroom George used 3 5/6 liters of blue paint and 2 4/6 liters of red paint. How much paint did he use altogether?

• 5 9/6 liters

• 6 1/2 liters

• 1 1/6 liters

• 5 1/6 liters