SSAT Upper Level Quantitative (Math) › How to add fractions
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A poll was conducted in a class to see what fraction of the class plays sports. of the class plays basketball, and
of the class plays soccer. The rest of the class do not play any sports. What fraction of the class plays a sport?
Peter ate of a pie for breakfast, then ate
of the pie as a morning snack. How much of the pie did Peter eat?
On a given week, Jeremy spends of his time working on homework and
of his time doing chores. What fraction of his time is spent doing homework and doing chores?
In a jar of marbles, of the marbles are red and
of the marbles of blue. What fraction of the jar of marbles are red and blue marbles?
Jim baked two batches of cookies. In the first batch, he used cup of sugar. In his second batch, he used
cups of sugar. In cups, how much sugar did he use in total?
Scott gave of the chocolate chip cookies he made to Cindy, and he gave
of the cookies to Stephanie. What fraction of his chocolate chip cookies did he give away?
Find the arithmetic mean of the following five numbers.
Lucy gave away of her hair ribbons to Megan and
of her hair ribbons to Patrice. What fraction of her hair ribbons did Lucy give away?
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