Adding or Multiplying Fraction Word problems

Jessica picked 9/10 of a bucket of apples, and Sally picked 1/10 of a bucket of apples. How many buckets total did they pick?

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

A recipe called for 5/11 cup of chopped turnips and 4/11 cup of diced turnips. In total, how many cups of turnips did the recipe call for?

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Bart has 30 game tickets.  If he uses 2/6 of them, how many tickets does he use?

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Dan ate 2/7 of a pie, while Tim ate 4/7 of a pie. In total, how much pie did these two eat?

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

A box for a DVD is thick 1/4 of an inch. How many inches thick will 7 boxes of DVDs be?

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

A pack of ice cream weighs 1/4 of a kilogram. If Michael bought 3 packs, how many kilograms of ice cream did he buy?

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Nancy did 1/5 of a load of laundry on Saturday and 2/5 of a load of laundry on Monday. What fraction of laundry did Nancy do in total?

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Nancy has 1/11 of last week's allowance and 2/11 of this week's allowance. How much allowance in total does Nancy have left?

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

A pack of ice cream weighs 1/5 of a kilogram. If Michael bought 5 packs, how many kilograms of ice cream did he buy?

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Marge has 8 cookies.  If she eats 2/3 of them, how many cookies does she eat?

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C