Answer:
Problem 1
Kim and Courtney share a 16-ounce box of cereal. By the end of the week, Kim has eaten 3/8 of the box, and Courtney has eaten 1/4 of the box of cereal.
What fraction of the box is left?
Problem 2
Mathilde has 20 pints of green paint. She uses 2/5 of it to paint a landscape and 3/10 of it while painting a clover. She decides that for her next painting she will need 14 pints of green paint.
How much more paint will she need to buy?
Problem 3
Jack, Jill, and Bill each carried a 48-ounce bucket full of water down the hill. By the time they reached the bottom Jack’s bucket was only 3/4 full Jill’s was 2/3 full and Bill’s was 1/6 full.
How much water did they spill altogether on their way down the hill?
Problem 4
Mrs. Diaz makes 5 dozen cookies for her class. One-ninth of her 27 students are absent the day she brings the cookies. If she shares the cookies equally among the students who are present, how many cookies will each student get?
Lesson 12 Concept Development
Problem 1
A baseball team played 32 games and lost 8. Katy was the catcher in 5/8 of the winning games and 1/4 of the losing games.
a. What fraction of the games did the team win?
b. In how many games did Katy play catcher?
Problem 2
In Ms Elliott’s garden, 1/8 of the flowers are red, 1/4 of them are purple, and 1/5 of the remaining flowers are pink. If there are 128 flowers, how many flowers are pink?
