Adding & Subtracting Fractions (Word Problems)

Stefanie swam 4/5 of a lap in the morning and 7/15 of a lap in the evening. How much farther did Stefanie swim in the morning than in the evening?

• 1/3

• 11//20

• 20/11

• 2/3

It took Nick five-thirds of an hour to complete his math homework on Monday, three-fourths of an hour on Tuesday, and five-sixths of an hour on Wednesday. How many hours did he take to complete his homework altogether?

• 3 1/4

• 10/12

• 10/9

• 1 1/9

Dina added five-sixths of a bag of soil to her garden. Her neighbor Natasha added eleven-eighths bags of soil to her garden. How much more soil did Natasha add than Dina?

• 20/24

• 13/24

• 1/4

• 16/14

At a pizza party, Diego and his friends ate three and one-fourth cheese pizzas and two and three-fourths pepperoni pizzas. How much pizza did they eat in all?

• 1/4

• 5 4/4

• 5

• 6

The Cocozzelli family drove their car for five and five-sixths days to reach their vacation home, and then drove for six and one-sixth days to return home. How much longer did it take them to drive home?

• 1/2

• 2/6

• 3/8

• 11 6/12

A warehouse has 12 and nine-tenths meters of tape in one area of the building, and eight and three-fifths meters of tape in another part. How much tape does the warehouse have in all?

• 20 15/10

• 21 5/10

• 21 1/2

• 5/8

An electrician has three and seven-sixteenths cm of wire. He needs only two and five-eighths cm of wire for a job. How much wire does he need to cut?

• 13/16

• 1 8/19

• 5 12/24

Of the pizzas sold last week at Emma's Pizzeria, 1/2 were large pizzas and 1/6 were extra-large pizzas. What fraction of the pizzas sold were either large or extra-large

• 4/6

• 1/4

• 4 4/6

• 2/8

Reggie's parents keep a chart on the wall where they mark how much Reggie grows each year. When Reggie was 15, he grew 2/5 of an inch and when he was 16, he grew 3/10 of an inch. In total, how much did Reggie grow in during those two years?

• 5/15

• 2/8

• 7/10

Jack's bus ride to school is 7/10 of a mile and Kate's bus ride is 1/2 of a mile. How much longer is Jack's bus ride than Calebs?

• 8/10

• 2/10

• 10/8

• 2/10