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Master 5.27 Extra Practice 1

Lesson 5.1: Using Models to Add Fractions

1. Use Pattern Blocks to show each sum.

Sketch the Pattern Blocks.
Write an addition equation for each picture.
1 1 4 1 5 1
a) 6 + 6 b) 3 + 3 c) 6 + 3

2. Use fraction circles to show each sum.

Sketch the fraction circles.
Write an addition equation for each picture.
3 1 1 3 1 3
a) 4 + 6 b) 2 + 10 c) 2 + 4

3. Is each sum greater than 1 or less than 1?

How can you tell?
2 1 7 4
a) 6 + 6 b) 10 + 10
3 6 5 1
c) 5 +5 d) 4 + 4

4. Kelly exercised on Monday and Tuesday.

She recorded the amount of time she spent on each activity
as a fraction of one hour.
a) Calculate how much time Kelly spent on each activity over the two days.
Record each answer as a fraction of one hour.
b) How many minutes did she spend on each activity?
c) How much time did she spend exercising over the two days?
Write your answer in 2 different ways.

Activity Monday Tuesday

1 1
Walking 4h 6 h
1 1
Running 3h 2 h
1 1
Stretching 12 h 6 h

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Master 5.28 Extra Practice 2

Lesson 5.2: Using Other Models to Add Fractions

1. Add.
1 3 1 5 3 1 2 2
a) 5 + 5 b) 6 + 6 c) 8 + 8 d) 4 + 4

2. Use fractions strips and number lines to find each sum.

1 2 3 1 2 1 1 2
a) 3 + 6 b) 5 + 10 c) 4 + 2 d) 6 + 3

3. Use fractions strips and number lines to find each sum.

1 1 2 1 2 1 5 3
a) 3 + 4 b) 5 + 2 c) 3 + 4 d) 6 + 12

4. Replace each with a digit to make each equation true.

1 5 1 3 5 1 1 2 3
a) + = b) + = c) + =1 d) + =
4 8 8 10 10 4 4 2 8

5. Buffy and Molly are making punch.

5 3 7
They add 8 cup of water, 4 cup of ginger ale, 8 cup of cranberry juice,
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and 4 cup of orange juice to a large punch bowl.
They want to pour the punch into a jug.
Should they use a jug that hold 2 cups of liquid or a jug that hold 3 cups of liquid?
How do you know?

5
6. Find two fractions that have a sum of 4.
How many pairs of fractions can you find?
Record each pair you find.

7. Bart and Basil are eating small pizzas.

The pizzas are the same size.
5
Bart has 8 left.
1
Basil has 2 left.
How much pizza is left altogether?

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Master 5.29
Extra Practice 3

Lesson 5.3: Using Symbols to Add Fractions

1. Find a common denominator for each pair of fractions.

5 2 1 1 5 1 7 2
a) 6 and 3 a) 4 and 3 c) 6 and 4 d) 8 and 3

2. Add. Estimate first.

1 3 5 1 2 1 3 1
a) 4 + 5 b) 8 +3 c) 5 +8 d) 10 +3

3. Add. Estimate first.

3 1 3 1 6 3 3 5
a) 5 + 10 b) 10 +2 c) 8 +4 d) 8 +2

4. Add. Estimate first.

1 3 5 7 4 1 7 3
a) 4 + 10 b) 6 +8 c) 3 +6 d) 2 +8

5. These are fractions of the students in a class who chose their favourite sport.
Baseball Basketball Hockey Snowboarding Swimming Tennis
1 1 1 1 1 1
4 9 3 6 18 12

Calculate the total fraction of the class that chose:

a) sports played with a ball
b) sports played on a court
c) winter sports
d) sports that use a net

6. Which sum is greater?

How do you know?
7 3 5 3
8+4 or 6+5

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Master 5.30 Extra Practice 4

Lesson 5.4: Using Models to Subtract Fractions

1. Subtract.
5 4 2 1 9 7 7 5
a) 6 – 6 b) 5 –5 c) 10 – 10 d) 8 –8

2. Subtract.
Estimate first.
Sketch pictures to show each difference.
7 2 9 3 13 4 15 3
a) 6 – 3 b) 8 – 4 c) 10 – 5 d) 8 –2

3. Subtract.
Estimate first.
7 2 6 1 5 1 3 1
a) 8 – 3 b) 5 –3 c) 4 –3 d) 5 –4

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4. Brandy spent 10 of her summer vacation reading, 15 watching her favourite movies,
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3 visiting her grandparents, and twice the reading time playing with her friends.
a) What is the difference in the fractions Brandy spent with her grandparents
and playing with her friends?
b) Did she spend more time reading or watching movies? Explain your thinking.
c) Did Brandy have time to do anything else beside these activities?
Explain your thinking.

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5. Glenn has 8 of a cup of walnuts.
2
He needs 3 of a cup of walnuts to make a loaf of banana bread.
Does Glenn have enough?
If your answer is yes, explain why it is enough.
If your answer is no, how much more does Glenn need?

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Master 5.31 Extra Practice 5

Lesson 5.5: Using Symbols to Subtract Fractions

1. Subtract.
7 5 5 2 3 1 2 1
a) 12 – 12 b) 6 –6 c) 10 – 10 d) 3 –3

2. Subtract.
Estimate first.
4 3 5 5 3 1 3 5
a) 6 – 8 b) 6 –9 c) 4 –6 d) 2 –6

3. Subtract.
Estimate first.
4 1 9 2 7 8 5 9
a) 5 – 4 b) 10 –3 c) 4 –5 d) 3 –8

4. Two-fifths of the students in a class voted for a trip to the zoo.

One-third voted for a trip to the museum.
a) Which trip had more votes?
b) What is the difference of the fractions?
c) What fraction of the class did not vote?

5. Write as many different subtraction questions

7
as you can where the answer is 8.

2
6. On Saturday, Charla played the piano for 6 h.
1
On Sunday, Charla increased the time she played by 3 h.
2
On Saturday, Devon played the violin for 3 h.
2
On Sunday, Devon increased the time he played by 12 h.
a) Who played longer on Sunday?
b) For how much longer did this person play?

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Master 5.32 Extra Practice 6

Lesson 5.6: Adding with Mixed Numbers

1. Write each mixed number as an improper fraction in simplest form.

4 5 2 2
a) 29 b) 58 c) 74 d) 36

2. Write each improper fraction as a mixed number in simplest form.

19 23 11 21
a) 9 b) 8 c) 4 d) 6

3. Use Pattern Blocks or fraction circles to find each sum.

2 5 1 5 1 7 1 3
a) 13 + 26 b) 24 + 26 c) 14 + 8 d) 23 + 34

4. For each pair of numbers, find a common denominator.

Then add.
2 1 3 1 4 1 3 1
a) 63 + 15 b) 24 + 58 c) 17 + 82 d) 35 + 34

1 1 7
5. We know 3 + 4 = 12.
Use this result to find each sum.
Estimate to check the sum is reasonable.
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
a) 23 + 34 b) 13 + 24 c) 33 + 44 d) 43 + 24

6. Jalen tried out for the soccer team. There were 3 tryouts.
1 3
The first tryout was 12 h. The second tryout was 14 h.
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The third tryout was 23 h.
How much time did Jalen spend trying out for the team?

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Master 5.33 Extra Practice 7

Lesson 5.7: Subtracting with Mixed Numbers

1. Subtract the fractions and the whole numbers separately.

5 3 3 3 13 12 5 1
a) 87 – 57 b) 108 – 38 c) 1216 – 1116 d) 226 – 6

2. Estimate, then subtract.

1 1 3 3 11 3 2 1
a) 72 – 34 b) 124 – 68 c) 416 – 28 d) 43 – 12

3. Subtract.
7 2 5 1
a) 8 – 8 b) 9 – 5 c) 7 – 9 d) 4 – 6

4. Subtract.
3 1 2 2 1 1 5
a) 25 – 14 b) 13 – 7 c) 3 – 26 d) 226 – 46

3 3 1
5. Margie ran 24 km on Monday, 38 km on Wednesday, and 22 km on Friday.
a) How many kilometres did Margie run altogether?
b) Margie tries to run 10 km each week.
How many more kilometres does Margie need to run to complete 10 km?

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6. Darcy uses 15 cans of stain to finish his deck.
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Lesley uses 26 cans of stain to finish her deck.
a) How many cans of stain were used altogether?
b) Estimate how many more cans of stain Lesley used.
c) Calculate how many more cans of stain Lesley used.
d) Darcy and Lesley together purchased 5 cans of stain.
How many cans are left?

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Master 5.34
Extra Practice Sample Answers

Extra Practice 1 – Master 5.27

Lesson 5.1
1 1 2 1
1. a) 6 +6=6=3

4 1 5 2
b) 3 + 3 = 3 = 13

5 1 7 1
c) 6 + 3 = 6 = 16

11
2. a) 12

8 4
b) 10 = 5

1
c) 14

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2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
3. a) Less than 1: 6 < 2 and 6 < 2, so 6 + 6 < 2 + 2 = 1
7 1 4 1
b) Greater than 1: 10 is two-tenths greater than 2. 10 is one-tenth less than 2.
7 4
So, 10 + 10 will be one-tenth greater than 1.
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c) Greater than 1: 5 is already greater than 1.
5
d) Greater than 1: 4 is already greater than 1.
5 5 1
4. a) Walking: 12 h; running: 6 h; stretching: 4 h
b) Walking: 25 min; running: 50 min; stretching: 15 min
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c) 12 h or 90 min

Extra Practice 2 – Master 5.28

Lesson 5.2
4 4 1 4
1. a) 5 b) 1 c) 8 = 2 d) 4 = 1
2 7 4 5
2. a) 3 b) 10 c) 4 = 1 d) 6
7 9 11 1
3. a) 12 b) 10 c) 12 d) 112
4. a) 7 b) 5 c) 3 d) 4
5 3 7 1 20 1
5. 8 + 4 + 8 + 4 = 8 = 22
1
They should use a jug that holds 3 cups of liquid because 22 > 2.
3 2 4 1 6 1 1 12 6
6. For example: 4 + 4, 4 + 4, 8 + 2; 1 + 4, 16 + 12
9 1
7. 8, or 18 pizzas

Extra Practice 3 – Master 5.29

Lesson 5.3
1. a) sixths b) twelfths c) twelfths d) twenty-fourths
17 23 1 21 1 19
2. a) About 1; 20 b) About 1; 24 c) About 2; 40 d) About 2; 30
1 7 4 1 1 23 7
3. a) About 2; 10 b) About 1; 5 c) About 12; 12 d) About 3; 8 = 28
1 11 41 17 1 9 1 31 7
4. a) About 2; 20 b) About 2; 24 = 124 c)About 12; 6 = 12 d) About 4; 8 = 38
1 1 1 4 1 1 7
5. a) 4 + 9 + 12 = 9 b) 9 + 12 = 36
1 1 1 1 1 1 19
c) 3 + 6 = 2 d) 9 + 3 + 12 = 36
7 3 7 3 5 5 3 13 5 13
6. 8 + 4: 8 + 4 = 18; 6 + 5 = 130; 18 > 130

Extra Practice 4 – Master 5.30

Lesson 5.4
1 1 1 1
1. a) 6 b) 5 c) 5 d) 4

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1 1
2. a) About 2; 2

1 3
b) About 4; 8

1 1
c) About 2; 2

1 3
d) About 2; 8

1 5 13 11 1 7
3. a) About 4; 24 b) About 1; 15 c) About 1; 12 d) About 2; 20
1 2 4 2
4. a) 3 – 10 = 30 = 15
1 1
b) Brandy spent more time reading: 10 > 15.
1 1 1 2 21 7 7 3 3
c) 10 + 15 + 3 + 10 = 30 = 10; 1 – 10 = 10; Brandy was left with 10 of her vacation for other activities.
5 2 2 5 1
5. No, 8 < 3; Glenn needs 3 – 8 = 24 cup more walnuts.

Extra Practice 5 – Master 5.31

Lesson 5.5
1 1 1 1
1. a) 6 b) 2 c) 5 d) 3
1 7 1 5 1 7 1 2
2. a) About 4; 24 b) About 2; 18 c) About 2; 12 d) About 2; 3
1 11 1 7 3 1 13
3. a) About 2; 20 b) About 4; 30 c) About 0; 20 d) About 2; 24
1 4
4. a) The zoo b) 15 c) 15

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1 9 2 9 1 18 1 5 3
5. For example: 1 – 8; 8 – 8; 8 – 4; 16 – 4; 4 – 8
2 5 5 2
6. a) Charla: 3 h; Devon: 6 h; Devon; 6 > 3
5 2 1 1
b) 6 – 3 = 6; Devon played 6 h longer.

Extra Practice 6 – Master 5.32

Lesson 5.6
22 45 15 10
1. a) 9 b) 8 c) 2 d) 3
1 7 3 1
2. a) 29 b) 28 c) 24 d) 32
1 1 1 1
3. a) 42 b) 512 c) 28 d) 612
13 7 1 17
4. a) fifteenths; 715 b) eighths; 78 c) fourteenths; 1014 d) twentieths; 620
7 7 7 7
5. a) 512 b) 312 c) 712 d) 612
7
6. 512 h

Extra Practice 7 – Master 5.33

Lesson 5.7
2 1 2
1. a) 37 b) 7 c) 116 d) 223
1 1 3 1 5 1
2. a) About 4; 44 b) About 62; 68 c) About 22; 216 d) About 3; 36
1 3 4 5
3. a) 78 b) 85 c) 69 d) 36
7 8 5 1
4. a) 120 b) 121 c) 6 d) 173
5 3
5. a) 88 km b) 18 km
23 1 1 1 17 7
6. a) 330 cans b) About 2 can; 2 – 12 = 2 c) 30 can d) 130 cans

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