Hutchison's zoo has two elephants.

The male elephant weighs 4 tons and the female elephant weighs
4/6 of a ton. How much more does the male weigh than the female?

At the end of the night, a pizza place had 18 1/2 pizzas left over. The 4 employees each took home
the same amount of leftover pizza. How much pizza did each employee take home?

Of the students in the band, 1/12 play the flute and another 1/4 play the clarinet. What fraction of the
students in the band play either the flute or the clarinet?

Find the fraction of the students who play either the flute or the clarinet by adding 1/12 and 1/4.

You can use 12 as the common denominator.

While taking inventory at her pastry shop, Addison realizes that she had 8 4/6 cups of baking powder
yesterday, but the supply is now down to 5/6 of a cup. How much more baking powder did Addison
have yesterday?

A tailor cut 7/12 of an inch off a skirt and 1/2 of an inch off a pair of pants. How much more did the
tailor cut off the skirt than the pants?
Richard bought a bag of parsnips that weighed 4 pounds. He also bought a bag of turnips that
weighed 9 9/10 times as much as the parsnips. How many pounds of turnips did Richard buy?

Taryn made 3 1/2 pounds of trail mix. If she puts 1/2 of a pound into each bag, how many bags can
Taryn fill?

Of the shirts in Ganesh's closet, 1/4 are purple and another 1/4 are green. What fraction of the shirts
are either purple or green?

Sabrina filled a bucket with 10 gallons of water. A few minutes later, she realized only 1/3 of a gallon
of water remained. How much water had leaked out of the bucket?
Alexandra owns 7 1/2 acres of farmland. She grows beets on 1/4 of the land. On how many acres of
land does Alexandra grow beets?

Tommy made 2/3 of a quart of hot chocolate. Each mug holds 1/3 of a quart. How many mugs will
Tommy be able to fill?

Ismail wants to buy 17 2/3 cups of almonds. There are 8 5/6 cups of almonds in each package. How
many packages of almonds should Ismail buy?

Kenny has 5 cups of powdered sugar. He sprinkles 11/12 of the sugar onto a plate of brownies and
sprinkles the rest onto a plate of lemon cookies. How much sugar does Kenny sprinkle on the
brownies?

Rani ran 3 1/3 miles on Saturday and 6 1/2 miles on Sunday. How many miles did Rani run in all on
Saturday and Sunday?
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