Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators

Bryan made a fruit salad using 1/3 cup of strawberries, 2/3 cup of grapes, and 3/4 cup of pineapples. How many cups of fruit did Bryan use altogether?

How much more flour did Stacy use than sugar? Stacy used 1/4 cup of sugar and 2/3 cup of flour.

Jimmy filled a pitcher 1/2 of the way full with water. Carolyn filled a pitcher of the same size 5/6 of the way full with water. How much more water did Carolyn fill than Jimmy?

Josue mixed 5/7 of a quart of blue paint and 2/3 of a quart of red paint to make purple paint. How much purple paint did he make?

Mr. Herran had 9/12 of a pizza after dinner on Friday. Saturday afternoon his kids ate 2/6 of the pizza for lunch. How much pizza did he have left?

Michelle had 9/12 of a cookie cake leftover from her birthday party. Her aunt took 1/4 of the cookie cake home. How much cookie cake did Michelle have left?

There are 4/8 of a pound of onions and 3/4 of a pound of ground beef used in the meatloaf recipe. How many pounds do the onion and beef weigh together?

Abraham made two different types of cookies. He used 2/3 cup of sugar for one recipe and 2/4 cup of sugar for the other. How much sugar did he use in all?

Ms. Howe bought 9/12 pounds of apples, 1/4 pound of grapes, and 2/4 pound of strawberries for a fruit salad. How many more pounds of apples did Ms. Howe buy than strawberries?

Jocelyn ran 1/3 mile on Wednesday morning and 1/2 mile on Thursday morning. How much farther did Jocelyn run on Thursday than Wednesday?