A chef bought 4 6⁄9 pounds of carrots. If he later bought another 8 2⁄4 pounds of carrots, what is the total weight of carrots he bought?
13 2/12 or 13 ⅙ pounds of carrots
An empty bulldozer weighed 6 4⁄9 tons. If it scooped up 8 2⁄3 tons of dirt, what would be the combined weight of the bulldozer and dirt?
15 1/9 tons
Christopher jogged 4 1⁄2 kilometers on Monday and 3 2⁄9 kilometers on Tuesday. What is the difference between these two distances?
1 5/18 kilometers
A restaurant had 3 2⁄4 gallons of soup at the start of the day. By the end of the day they had 2 3⁄6 gallons left. How many ounces of soup did they use during the day?
1 gallon
Aurie drew a line that was 4 3⁄8 inches long. If she drew a second line that was 2 2⁄3 inches long, what is the difference between the length of the two lines?
1 17/24 inches
Of the students in Aubriannah's band, 1/2 play a brass instrument. Of the students who play a brass instrument, 1/5 play the trumpet. What fraction of the students in the band play the trumpet?
1/10 of the students
The dolphins at the Newport News Aquarium are fed 7/8 of a bucket of fish each day. The sea otters are fed 1/2 as much fish as the dolphins. How many buckets of fish are the sea otters fed each day?
7/16 of a bucket
Of the students on Manuel's track team, 3/5 do running events. Of the students who do running events, 1/3 do the relay race. What fraction of the students on the track team run the relay race?
3/15 or 1/5 of the students
Two friends share 1/2 of a pineapple equally. What fraction of a whole pineapple does each friend get?
1/4 of a pineapple
Luke has 1/3 of a package of dried apricots. He divides the dried apricots equally into 3 small bags. Luke gives one of the bags to a friend and keeps the other two bags for himself. How much does Luke have?
2/9 of the package
