IXL | Add, subtract, multiply, or divide two fractions: word problems

Keith ran 7 1/2 miles around the track. Each lap is 5/6 of a mile. How many laps did Keith run?

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

laps

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At the neighborhood block party, Diana served 5/6 of a gallon of hot chocolate and 1/3 of a gallon of apple cider. How much more hot chocolate than apple cider did Diana serve?

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

gallons

solution

Find how much more hot chocolate than apple cider Diana served by subtracting 1/3 from 5/6.

You can use 6 as the common denominator.

Multiply the numerator and the denominator of

by 2 to find an equivalent fraction.

1 × 2

3 × 2

Now subtract the fractions. Subtract the numerators and keep the denominators the same.

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Diana served 3/6 of a gallon more hot chocolate than apple cider.

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