Quiz about Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Question 1

Jada ate 3/8 of a pizza and Isaiah ate 1/4 of the pizza. How much pizza did they eat in all?

Accepted Answer

5/8

Answer

1/2

Answer

3/4

Answer

7/8

Question 2

A construction company is digging a pit to build the foundation of a house. At the end of the first day, the company had hauled away 1/6 of a truckload of dirt. On the second day, they hauled away 2/6 of a truckload. How many truckloads did they haul away in all?

Accepted Answer

1/2 truckload

Answer

1/4 truckload

Answer

3/4 truckload

Answer

1/3 truckload

Question 3

Carefully following a recipe, Carly used exactly 2/4 of a cup of oil and 3/8 of a cup of water. How many cups of liquid did Carly use in all?

Accepted Answer

7/8 cup of oil

Answer

2/3 cup of oil

Answer

1/4 cup of oil

Answer

1/8 cup of oil

Question 4

Aryana jogged 3  5/7 km.  His sister jogged  2  4/5 km.  How much farther did Aryana jog than his sister?

Accepted Answer

32/35 km

Answer

5 9/35 km

Answer

28/35 km

Answer

1 1/35km

Question 5

During lunch, Julio drinks 2  3/4 cups of milk.  Alan drinks 3/8 cups of milk.  Fernando drinks 1  1/6 cups of milk.  How much milk do the 3 gentleman drink?

Accepted Answer

4  7/24 cups

Answer

3  7/32 cups

Answer

4  7/32 cups

Answer

3  7/24 cups

Question 6

Simplify the fraction to lowest terms:
4/12

Accepted Answer

1/3

Answer

2/6

Answer

1/6

Answer

1/4

Question 7

Simplify the fraction to lowest terms:
12/7

Accepted Answer

1  5/7

Answer

6/7

Answer

1/7

Answer

3/7

Question 8

Solve:
1/3 - 1/5 =

Accepted Answer

2/15

Answer

1/2

Answer

3/7

Answer

1/8

Question 9

Solve:
3/5 - 1/6

Accepted Answer

13/30

Answer

2/11

Answer

1/2

Answer

5/30

Question 10

Solve:
7/10 - 1/3

Accepted Answer

11/30

Answer

6/7

Answer

7/15

Question 11

Krista made a giant cookie to eat for lunch. She ate 1/5 of it and felt sick. Jaime ate 1/2 of the giant cookie. They gave the rest of the giant cookie to Noelle.  How much of the cookie did Noelle have?

Accepted Answer

3/10

Answer

1/5

Answer

3/5

Answer

7/10

Question 12

Kathy has 3/9 of a pizza and Laila gave her 1/3 of a pizza.  How much pizza does Kathy have now?

Accepted Answer

2/3

Answer

2/9

Answer

4/12

Answer

5/9

Question 13

What do you need to have when adding unlike fractions?

Accepted Answer

common denominator

Answer

common numerator

Answer

common numerator and denominator

Question 14

Of the students in the band, 5/6 play the flute and another 1/3 play the drums. How many more students play flutes than drums?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

7/6

Answer

2/6

Answer

7/12

Question 15

How do you add two fractions with like denominators?

Accepted Answer

Add the numerators and keep the like denominators

Answer

Add the denominators; keep the numerators the same

Answer

Add the numerators and add the denominators

Answer

Add the numerators to the denominators

Question 16

Mark made potato salad for a picnic. He used 1/4 cup fewer onions than the recipe called for. If the recipe called for 7/8 cup of onions, what amount of onions did Mark use?

Accepted Answer

5/8 cup

Answer

3/8 cup

Answer

1 1/2 cups

Answer

3/4 cup

Question 17

Bill is cleaning out his refrigerator and notices that he has 2/3 of a gallon of juice left in the container. He pours 2/9 picture of a gallon left for his brother. What part of the gallon of juice is left now?

Accepted Answer

4/9

Answer

3/9

Answer

2/6

Answer

1/2

Question 18

A recipe for crumb cakes says to mix 3/8 cup of brown sugar and 1/3 cup of white sugar. From this sugar mixture, set aside 1/4 cup for the crumb topping. The remaining sugar mixture is used to make the cake. What amount of sugar mixture is used to make the cake?

Accepted Answer

11/24 cup

Answer

1/2 cup

Answer

7/12 cup

Answer

17/24 cup

Question 19

You go out for a long walk.  You walk 3/4 mile and then sit down to take a rest.  Then you walk 3/8 of a mile.  How far do you walk altogether?

Accepted Answer

1 1/8

Answer

3/8

Answer

1/12

Answer

1/2

Question 20

#8

Accepted Answer

7 hours

Answer

9 hours

Answer

5 hours

Answer

3 hours

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