add and subtract fractions

Adding and Subtracting Fractions Word Problems

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Multiple Choice

In preparation for a picnic, Samaj made a salad with 1/4 of a bag of iceberg lettuce and 5/8 of a bag of romaine lettuce. How many bags of lettuce did Samaj use in all?

What operation is this question asking you to do?

• Add

• Subtract

Multiple Choice

In preparation for a picnic, Samaj made a salad with 1/4 of a bag of iceberg lettuce and 5/8 of a bag of romaine lettuce. How many bags of lettuce did Samaj use in all?

• 3/8 bag

• 4/8 bag

• 6/8 bag

• 7/8 bag

Multiple Choice

Paula made cookies. She used 3/4 of a cup of flour and 5/8 of a cup of sugar. How much more flour than sugar did Paula use?

What operation should we use to solve this problem?

• Addition

• Subtraction

Multiple Choice

Solve:

Paula made cookies. She used 3/4 of a cup of flour and 5/8 of a cup of sugar. How much more flour than sugar did Paula use?

• 6/8 cup

• 3/8 cup

• 2/8 cup

• 1/8 cup

Multiple Choice

Colton and Hayley made a stir-fry for dinner. They used 1/6 of a pound of bell peppers, 1/3 of a pound of mushrooms, and 1/6 of a pound of snow peas. How many pounds of vegetables did they use in the stir-fry? Answer MUST be written in simplest form.

• 2/3 pound

• 5/6 pound

• 1/3 pound

• 4/6 pound

Multiple Choice

During a canned food drive, items were sorted into bins. The drive resulted in 1/4 of a bin of soup, 5/12 of a bin of vegetables, and 1/4 of a bin of pasta. Altogether, how many bins would the canned food take up?

• 1 whole bin

• 8/12 bin

• 6/12 bin

• 11/12 bin

Multiple Choice

Leslie and Greg own neighboring cornfields. Leslie harvested 1/2 acre of corn on Monday and Greg harvested 1/6 of an acre. How many more acres did Leslie harvest than Greg? Answer must be in simplest form.

• 4/6 acre

• 2/3 acre

• 1/3 acre

• 4/6 acre

Multiple Choice

In Brooke's history class, 1/8 of the students are making videos for their final project and 3/4 are making dioramas. What fraction of the students are making either a video or diorama?

• 5/8 of the students

• 6/8 of the students

• 7/8 of the students

• 8/8 of the students

Multiple Choice

During P.E. class, students were instructed to travel around the track in various ways. They did 1/4 of a lap skipping, 7/12 of a lap running, and 1/12 of a lap walking backwards. In total, how many laps did the students have to make?

• 11/12 laps

• 10/12 laps

• 4/12 laps

• 8/12 laps

Multiple Choice

Over the weekend, Josie drank 1/2 bottle of soda and Kang drank 3/10 of a bottle. How much more soda did Josie drink than Kang? Answer MUST be in simplest form.

• 2/10 bottle

• 1/5 bottle

• 2/8 bottle

• 2/5 bottle

Multiple Choice

At the farmers' market, Jasmine bought 9/10 of a pound of string beans and 3/5 of a pound of lima beans. How many more pounds of string beans did Jasmine purchase?

• 2/10 pound

• 3/10 pound

• 6/5 pound

• 12/15 pound

Multiple Choice

Javon made an apple pie. He used 3/5 of a tablespoon of cinnamon and 1/10 of a tablespoon of nutmeg. How much more cinnamon than nutmeg did Javon use? Answer MUST be in simplest form.

• 1/2 tablespoon

• 5/10 tablespoon

• 7/10 tablespoon

• 4/15 tablespoon