ADDING & SUBTRACTING FRACTIONS WITH UNLIKE DENOMINATORS

NAME DATE

Riddle 23

What did one keyboard

say to another keyboard?
What To Do
Solve the addition and subtraction problems below. Write your answers in simplest
terms. Match each answer to a letter in the Key. Then write the letter in the space
above its problem number to find the answer to the riddle.

1 5 9 6 7 9
8
– 20
= _______ 10
+ 30
= _______
3 1 8 3
2 + 7
4 11 = _______ 12 – 32 = _______
3 1 5 8 3 4
2
– 13
= _______ 8
+ 10
= _______

4 2 2 9 4 8
3 + 9 = _______ 5 – 20 = _______

5 5 7 10 5 + 20 =
6
– 15
= _______ 12 36 _______

4/ . . . . . . . . . . . W
5 26 . . . . . . . . . B
7/
18 . . . . . . . . . . U
11/
30 . . . . . . . . . Y
1 ............U
35/
36 . . . . . . . . . P
13/ 9/
44 . . . . . . . . . . D
7/ 8/ . . . . . . . . . . . Y
40 . . . . . . . . . . M 9
55/ 3/
96 . . . . . . . . . T 26 . . . . . . . . . . E
2/ . . . . . . . . . . . E 37/
5 44 . . . . . . . . . A
1/ . . . . . . . . . . . C 31/
2 40 . . . . . . . . . R

Riddle Answer
“Yo ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.”
6 2 8 9 1 5 7 4 10 3

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 MULTIPLYING FRACTIONS BY FRACTIONS

NAME DATE

Riddle 31
What did the elephant say
when his tail was grabbed?
What To Do
Solve the multiplication problems below. Write your answers in simplest terms.
Match each answer to a letter in the Key. Then write the letter in the space above
its problem number to find the answer to the riddle.

4 3 7 3
1 x = _______ 6 x = _______
9 4 9 8
5 2 4
2 x = _______ 7 x 9 = _______
7 3 7 11
9 6 7 2
3 x = _______ 8 x = _______
10 8 8 9
4 8 x 6
= _______ 9 2
x 5
= _______
9 7 3 8
2 4 10 3 x 5
5 x = _______ = _______
5 5 4 6

16/
21 . . . . . . . . . O
5/
12 . . . . . . . . . . M
34/
77 . . . . . . . . . A
1/ . . . . . . . . . . . T
3 77 . . . . . . . . . D
27/
40 . . . . . . . . . E
2/ . . . . . . . . . . . C 7/
3 24 . . . . . . . . . . F
5/ . . . . . . . . . . . E 10/
8 21 . . . . . . . . . N
8/ 3/ . . . . . . . . . . . K
25 . . . . . . . . . . H 8
36/ 9/
24 . . . . . . . . . . I
7/ 7/
12 . . . . . . . . . . L 36 . . . . . . . . . . E

Riddle Answer
“That’s ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___!”
1 5 10 8 2 7 4 6 9 3

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