Real-Life Rational Expressions: Adding & Subtracting Fun

A recipe requires 3/4 cup of sugar. If you want to make half the recipe, how much sugar will you need?

• 1/2 cup

• 1/4 cup

• 3/8 cup

• 2/3 cup

A car travels 1/3 of a mile in 1/4 hour. How far does it travel in 1 hour?

• 2 miles

• 1.333 miles

• 0.75 miles

• 1 mile

You have 5/6 of a pizza and you eat 1/2 of it. How much pizza do you have left?

• 3/4

• 2/3

• 1/3

• 5/12

A tank can hold 2/5 of a gallon of water. If you fill it with 1/3 of a gallon, how much more can it hold?

• 1/4 of a gallon

• 1/15 of a gallon

• 1/2 of a gallon

• 2/5 of a gallon

A gardener has 3/4 of a yard of soil. He uses 1/2 of it for planting. How much soil does he have left?

• 3/8 of a yard

• 1/2 of a yard

• 1/4 of a yard

• 5/8 of a yard

If a recipe calls for 2/3 cup of flour and you want to triple the recipe, how much flour do you need?

• 1 cup

• 2 cups

• 1 1/3 cups

• 3 cups

A cyclist rides 1/2 mile in 1/6 hour. What is the cyclist's speed in miles per hour?

• 3 miles per hour

• 4 miles per hour

• 2 miles per hour

• 1.5 miles per hour

You have 1/2 of a chocolate bar and you give away 1/4 of it. How much chocolate do you have left?

• 1/2

• 3/8

• 1/4

• 1/8

A tank can hold 3/4 of a gallon of water. If it currently has 1/2 gallon, how much more water can it hold?

• 1/2 gallon

• 1/4 gallon

• 3/4 gallon

• 1 gallon

A baker uses 2/5 of a bag of flour for one batch of cookies. If he makes 3 batches, how much flour does he use in total?

• 3/5 bags of flour

• 1/2 bags of flour

• 1 1/5 bags of flour

• 2 bags of flour