1. John walked 1/2 of a mile yesterday and 3/4 of a mile today. How many miles has John walked?

1/2 + 3/4 = 2/4 + 3/4 = 5/4 2. A recipe needs 3/4 teaspoon black pepper and 1/4 red pepper. How much more black pepper does the recipe need? 3/4 - 1/4 = 2/4 = 3. A class has 20 girls and 30 boys. What part of the class are boys?

4. The age of a girl is one-third of the age of her father who is presently 63 years old. Determine the

age of the girl. 1/3 x 63 = 21 the girl is 21 years old. 5. Andrew can cover the roof of a house in 3 days.

Bill can make this job in 6 days. How long will it take to Andrew and Bill to complete the job working together?
1/3 + 1/6 = 2/6 + 1/6 = 3/6 = Andrew and Bill can complete the job in 2 days. 6. One team of workers can install solar panels on the roof of a house in 15 days by

covering the entire roof area. The second team of workers can complete this job in 10 days. How long will it take for two teams to complete the job working together?
1/15 + 1/10 = 2/30 + 3/30 = 5/30 = 1/6 7. One tube can fill the reservoir with the water in 12 hours.

The second tube can fill the reservoir with the water in 36 hours, if works separately. How long will it take to fill the reservoir, if two tubes work simultaneously?
1/12 + 1/36 = 3/36 + 1/36 = 4/36 = 1/9 8. An elephant can drink all the water from a reservoir in 4 days.

The rhinoceros can drink all the water from the same reservoir in 12 days, if drinks alone. How long will it take to empty the reservoir, if the elephant and the rhinoceros drink together?

1/12 = 3/12 + 1/12 = 4/12 =1/3

9. The tube can fill a reservoir with the water in 3 days.

An elephant can drink all the water from the reservoir in 4 days. How long will it take to fill the reservoir, if the tube fills it and the elephant drinks the water at the same rates? 1/3 = 4/12 3/12 = 1/12 10. A football player advances 2/3 of a yard. A second player in the same team advances 5/4 of a yard.
How much more yard did the second player advance? 5/4 - 2/3 = 15/12 - 8/12 = 7/12 11. John lives 3/8 mile from the Museum of Science. Sylvia leaves 1/4 mile from the Museum of Science. How much closer is Sylvia from the museum? 3/8 - 1/4 = 3/8 - 2/8 = 1/8 13.