Exam 2: Fractions

Joe Jackson worked 8 hours on Monday, 4 1/4 hours on Tuesday, 6 1/8 hours on Wednesday, 7 1/4 hours on Thursday, and 8 1/8 hours on Friday. Calculate the total number of hours Joe worked for the week.

A trip to New York from Boston will take 4 1/2 hours. Assuming we are two-thirds of the way there, how much longer will the trip take?

In the step approach the last divisor used is the greatest common divisor.

Subtract (reduce to lowest terms if necessary):

Mia Wong bought a new Bose radio for $280. Bill, a friend of Mia's, can afford to pay only ¾ as much as Mia. What is the most Bill could pay for the radio?

The reciprocal is used:

Jane Ring cut a-6ft Subway sandwich into 1 ½-ft sandwiches. How many sandwiches can be cut from the 6-ft. sub?

The price of a $200,000 home listed by REMAX was reduced by 1/20. What is the new price?

At United Airlines, Pete Roy worked 8 3/4 hours on Monday, 4 1/2 hours on Tuesday, 9 1/4 hours on Wednesday, 10 1/2 hours on Thursday, and 7 hours on Friday. How many total hours did Pete work during the week?

Calculate greatest common divisor by step approach and reduce to lowest terms: 180/440

A trip to Portland, Oregon, from Boston will take 7 3/4 hours. Assuming we are two-thirds of the way there, how much longer in hours will the trip take?

To find LCD by prime numbers you should:

The cost of a regular price ticket to a Saint Louis Cardinal baseball game was $60. During the World Series the price increased by 2/5. What did the fans pay?

Lisa Wolf has 20 1/8 days of vacation per year at Walmart. To date she has taken 4 1/2 days in January, 3 1/4 days in February, and 4 1/8 days in March. How much more vacation time is Lisa entitled to?

Cartons of humidifiers are stocked in 25,500 sq. ft. of warehouse space at Home Depot. If each carton requires 4 1/4 sq. ft. of space, how many cartons can be stored in this space?

Shelley Tilton bought 1 3/4 lbs of sliced roast beef, 8 1/2 lbs of sliced ham, and 3/4 lb of coleslaw at Albertson's Market. What was the total weight of her purchases?

The price of a Swatch watch increased 1 3/4 times from the price last year. If this year's price is $175, what was last year's price?

The writing of a whole number and a proper fraction is an improper fraction.

Convert to an improper fraction: 9 1/8

Raising a fraction to higher terms does change the value of the fraction.