IXL | Measurement word problems with fractions

On Monday, Marissa spent

of an hour at the library for a special robotics event. On Friday, she went to the library for

of an hour to pick out new books.

How many more hours did Marissa spend at the library on Monday than on Friday?

Write your answer as a proper fraction, mixed number, or whole number.

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question

Omar is buying ingredients at his local deli to make sandwiches. He buys

of a pound of roast beef and

of a pound of cheddar cheese.

How many pounds of sandwich ingredients does he buy in all?

Write your answer as a proper fraction, mixed number, or whole number.

solution

Start by listing the information given in the problem:

Omar buys

of a pound of roast beef.

He also buys

of a pound of cheddar cheese.

You want to find how many pounds of sandwich ingredients he buys in all. So, you need to put together the weights of the roast beef and the cheddar cheese. This means you should add.

2 4	+	1 4	=	?

Pounds of roast beef		Pounds of cheddar cheese		Pounds in all

Find the unknown number.

So, Omar buys

of a pound of sandwich ingredients in all.

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T.3Add and subtract fractions with like denominators

T.12Add and subtract mixed numbers with like denominators

W.6Multiply fractions by whole numbers

Q.5Convert between improper fractions and mixed numbers

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