Fraction Word Problems

Kennedy made 12 3/8 cups of tea. She and her friends drank 7 1/4 cups. How much was left?

•  5 1/4 cups 
• 4 1/8 cups 
• 5 1/8 cups 
• 5 3/8 cups

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Julia scored 3  5/8 pounds of candy for Halloween. Roderick scored 2  3/4 pounds. How many total pounds of candy did Julia and Roderick score combined?

• 6  1/4 pounds 
• 6  3/8 pounds 
• 6  5/8 pounds 
• 6  1/8 pounds 

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Cornelia spends 2 2/3 hours studying for her big science test. She spent 2/3 of an hour finishing her writing assignment and 1/4 of an hour playing outside. How much time did she spend overall on the three activities?

• 3  3/4 hours 
• 3  7/12 hours 
• 3  5/12 hours 
• 3  1/2 hours 

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Daniella made 2 4/5 cups of lemonade on Wednesday and 1 1/2 cups of lemonade on Thursday. How much lemonade did she make on those two days combined?

• 4  2/5 cups
• 4  3/10 cups
• 4  1/10 cups
• 4  1/2 cups

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Daniel's cat ate 1 5/6 pounds of cat food last week. This week, he ate 3/4 pounds less. How much cat food did he eat this week?

• 1  1/12 pounds
• 1  1/6 pounds
• 1  1/4 pounds
• 1  1/8 pounds

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Diana weighs 3 1/5 pounds less than Theresa. If Diana weighs 54 2/3 pounds, how much does Theresa weigh?

• 57  14/15 pounds
• 58  1/15 pounds
• 57  13/15 pounds
• 57  4/5 pounds

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Billy the dog weighs 9 2/5 pounds more than Henry the dog. If Henry weights 22 1/4 pounds, how much does Billy weigh?

• 31 13/20 pounds
• 32 1/20 pounds
• 32 11/20 pounds
• 31 11/20 pounds

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Thomas walked 1 1/4 miles from his home to his school. Jackson walks 1 2/3 miles from his home to work. How much farther does Jackson walk to school than Thomas?

• 5/12 of a mile
• 7/12 of a mile
• 1/5 of a mile
•  1/2 of a mile

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Clara grew 2 1/8 inches from her ninth birthday to her tenth birthday. If she was 53 2/3 inches when she turned nine. How tall was she when she turned ten?

•  55 19/24 inches
•  55 5/6 inches
• 56 5/6 inches
• 56 1/24 inches

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Adam ran 2 1/3 miles. Lucy ran 1 3/4 miles. How many miles did the two runners run combined?

• 4 1/12
• 3 8/9
•  4 1/6
• 3 11/12

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