Math Expressions

Beth had 3 and 1/4 cups of milk. She used 1 and 3/4 cups of the milk to bake a cake. How many cups of milk does Beth have left?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

Solve this problem:
Beth had 3 and 1/4 cups of milk. She used 1 and 3/4 cups of the milk to bake a cake. How many cups of milk does Beth have left?

• 1 and 6/7

• 5 and 11/16

• 5

• 1 and 1/2

Solve this problem:
A recipe for muffins calls for 3/4 cup of flour. Carlito is making 6 batches of muffins. How much flour does he need?

• 6 and 3/4

• 5 and 1/4

• 4 and 1/2

• 8

Solve this problem:
Two-thirds of the students in a class are wearing blue jeans. Two-sixths of the students who are wearing blue jeans are also wearing red shirts. What fraction of the students in the class are wearing blue jeans and red shirts?

• 2/9

• 1/3

• 1

• 1/4

Solve this problem:
There were 12 children at a party. Of those 12 children 3/4 of them had an apple. How many children had an apple?

• 16

• 11 and 1/4

• 12 and 3/4

• 9

Solve this problem:
Penny raked 3/5 of her yard on Saturday and 1/3 of her yard on Sunday. How much of her yard did she rake?

• 1/5

• 4/15

• 14/15

• 1 and 4/5

Solve this problem:
A dog's food bowl holds 2 cups of dog food.  Pete uses a scoop that holds 1/3 of a cup of dog food.  How many scoops will it take for Pete to fill the dog bowl?

• 6

• 2/3

• 1 and 2/3

• 2 and 1/3

What is a variable?

• a benchmark fraction

• a whole number

• an operation sign (+, -, X, /)

• A letter that represents an unknown number

The order in which expressions are evaluated: Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication & Division (left to right), Addition & Subtraction (left to right).

• Order of Mathematics

• Order of Equations

• Order of Operations

• Order of Teaching Math

Evaluate 6p - 3  when p = 2

• 5

• 15

• 9

• 12