Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators

Bryan made a fruit salad. He used 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?

• 1 and 3/4 cups

• 1 and 1/4 cups

• 1 and 7/12 cups

• 1 and 6/12 cups

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

• 11/12 cup

• 10/12 cup

• 6/12 cup

• 5/12 cup

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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?

• 1/6 more water

• 2/3 more water

• 1/3 more water

• 3/6 more water

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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?

• 1 and 8/21 quarts

• 1 and 1/3 quarts

• 8/21 quarts

• 1/21 quarts

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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?

• 1/2 of a pizza

• 29/24 of a pizza

• 5/12 of a pizza

• 7/12 of a pizza

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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?

• 1

• 5/12

• 1/2

• 7/12

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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?

• 1 and 1/4 pounds

• 1 and 1/2 pounds

• 2/8 pound

• 1/4 pound

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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?

• 1 and 1/12 cups

• 1/6 cup

• 1 and 3/12 cups

• 1 and 1/6 cups

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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?

• 1 and 1/4 pounds

• 1/4 pounds

• 1/3 pounds

• 1/6 pounds

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

• 5/6 mile

• 1/5 mile

• 1/4 mile

• 1/6 mile

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