CONSUMER APPLICATIONS

Add. Joe practiced his trumpet 3/4 hour on Monday and 7/12 hour on Tuesday. How long did he practice altogether?

1 1/3 hours

Find the number of bushels of wheat to be harvested from 12and 3/4 acres if each acre yields 36 bushels.

459 bushels

Sarah gives each of five friends 1/8 of a pie. How much of the pie does she give them altogether?

5/8

Real life problems often involve fractions.

True

At 6 and 1/2 ¢ per pound of string beans, how much does 7 pounds cost?

45 and 1/2 cents

Subtract. Jim needs 3 and 1/2 yards of burlap to cover his bulletin board. His brother gives him 1 and 1/6 yards. How much more does Jim need to purchase?

2 and 1/3 yards

Divide. Mr. George owns 425 acres of land. If he divides the land into half-acre plots, how many plots will he have?

212 and 1/2 plots

Divide. A kindergarten teacher purchased 18 yards of ribbon. She cut the ribbon into several pieces, each 3/4 yard long. How many pieces did she get?

24 pieces

Add. Beth needs 1 and 2/3 cups of sugar to make a cake and 2 and 1/4 cups to make a pie. How much sugar does she need to make both?

3 and 11/12 cups

Divide. If the Southside Band can march miles per hour, how long will it take them to parade along a 6-mile route?

3 and 3/7 hours

Subtract. Susan began a trip with 18 and 1/2 gallons of gas in the gas tank of her car. If she used 17 3/4 gallons on the trip, how many gallons did she have left when she finished the trip?

3/4 gallon

reciprocal

a fraction whose numerator is the denominator of another fraction and whose denominator is the numerator