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Riddle puzzle: Adding fractions with unlike denominators

Solve each question. Find your answer in the decoder and write its letter in the box. The letters answer the riddle.

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What did the leaf say to the wind?

  1. 1.4 5/6 + 4 1/6 = ?
  2. 2.7/10 − 1/2 = ?
  3. 3.6 1/4 − 4 3/4 = ?
  4. 4.6 5/6 − 5 1/6 = ?
  5. 5.1/6 + 7/12 = ?
  6. 6.3 1/6 − 1 5/6 = ?
  7. 7.3/4 − 7/10 = ?
  8. 8.2 5/8 + 4 3/8 = ?
  9. 9.1 1/6 + 2 5/6 = ?
  10. 10.5/6 − 1/4 = ?
  11. 11.1 1/8 + 1 1/8 = ?

Decoder

7L

1/5E

3/2A

3/4M

4/3E

29/5Z

19/12X

9/4E

4O

29/4J

5/3F

7/12N

1/20A

9L

7/4Q

The answer to the riddle

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Answer key: Adding fractions with unlike denominators riddle

What did the leaf say to the wind? Leaf me alone!

  1. 1. 9 = L
  2. 2. 1/5 = E
  3. 3. 3/2 = A
  4. 4. 5/3 = F
  5. 5. 3/4 = M
  6. 6. 4/3 = E
  7. 7. 1/20 = A
  8. 8. 7 = L
  9. 9. 4 = O
  10. 10. 7/12 = N
  11. 11. 9/4 = E

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