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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 do you call friends who love math?

  1. 1.1/4 + 3/8 = ?
  2. 2.2 5/6 + 3 5/6 = ?
  3. 3.1 7/8 + 2 1/8 = ?
  4. 4.2/5 − 1/10 = ?
  5. 5.1/4 − 1/8 = ?
  6. 6.5/12 − 1/5 = ?
  7. 7.4/5 − 2/3 = ?
  8. 8.2/5 + 1/10 = ?

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3/10E

5/8A

13/60R

2/15O

1/8B

1/40X

20/3L

5/6Z

4G

9/16J

12/5Q

1/2S

The answer to the riddle

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Answer key: Adding fractions with unlike denominators riddle

What do you call friends who love math? Algebros!

  1. 1. 5/8 = A
  2. 2. 20/3 = L
  3. 3. 4 = G
  4. 4. 3/10 = E
  5. 5. 1/8 = B
  6. 6. 13/60 = R
  7. 7. 2/15 = O
  8. 8. 1/2 = S

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