1. The class has 1/4 of the animals as painting animals and 1/3 of the animals as painting animals. To find how much more of the class is painting animals, subtract the fractions: 1/3 - 1/4. Find a common denominator, which is 12. Convert the fractions: 1/3 = 4/12 and 1/4 = 3/12. Subtract: 4/12 - 3/12 = 1/12. So, 1/12 more of the class is painting animals.
2. Max drives 2/3 of a mile to the post office and 1/2 of a mile to the grocery store. To find the total distance, add the fractions: 2/3 + 1/2. Find a common denominator, which is 6. Convert the fractions: 2/3 = 4/6 and 1/2 = 3/6. Add: 4/6 + 3/6 = 7/6. This is 1 1/6 miles. So, Max drives 1 1/6 miles in total.
3. Ella spends 1/2 of an hour cleaning and 1/4 of an hour cooking. To find the total time, add the fractions: 1/2 + 1/4. Find a common denominator, which is 4. Convert the fractions: 1/2 = 2/4 and 1/4 = 1/4. Add: 2/4 + 1/4 = 3/4. So, Ella spends 3/4 of an hour preparing for the movie night.
4. The male giraffe weighs 2/3 of a ton and the female giraffe weighs 1/2 of a ton. To find how much more the male weighs, subtract the fractions: 2/3 - 1/2. Find a common denominator, which is 6. Convert the fractions: 2/3 = 4/6 and 1/2 = 3/6. Subtract: 4/6 - 3/6 = 1/6. So, the male giraffe weighs 1/6 of a ton more than the female.
5. Chloe takes her dog for a walk every day, and yesterday they walked 1/4 of a mile. To find how much farther Chloe and her dog walked yesterday, multiply the fraction by the number of days: 1/4 × 7 = 7/4. This is 1 3/4 miles. So, they walked 1 3/4 miles yesterday.
6. Kennedy separates the shirts in his closet by color. He notices that 3/5 of the shirts are green. To find the fraction of shirts that are not green, subtract the fraction of green shirts from 1: 1 - 3/5. Convert 1 to 5/5. Subtract: 5/5 - 3/5 = 2/5. So, 2/5 of the shirts are not green.
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of adding fractions with like denominators word problems worksheet.
