Gryphon's Fraction Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

The produce manager receives 5 containers of green beans, each weighing 7 pounds. She divides the total amount of green beans into 3 equal-weight portions. What is the weight of the beans in each portion?

• 11 and 2/3 pounds

• 23 pounds

• 35 pounds

• 9 and 1/3 pounds

Nisha spent 1/4 of her money on Monday and 7/10 of it on Tuesday. What fraction of her money did Nisha spend during the two days?

• 12/20

• 9/20

• 19/20

• 15/20

Lee drank 1 and 2/3 quarts of water today. He drank 2/5 quart less water than Steve. How much water did Steve drink today?

• 4 and 1/5 quarts

• 1 and 10/15 quarts

• 2 and 1/5 quarts

• 2 and 1/15 quarts

Kathy uses 2 and 5/9 pounds of flour to make baked goods. She uses 5/6 pounds more than Diana. How many pounds of flour did Diana use?

• 2 and 15/18 lbs

• 2 and 5/6 lbs

• 1 and 13/18 lbs

• 3 and 1/9 lbs

The Lido family has 2 and 1/2 pints of apple juice. They drink 7/8 pint of the juice on Monday and 5/12 pint on Tuesday. How many pints of juice are left?

• 1 and 5/24 pints

• 2 and 1/24 pints

• 3 and 3/8 pints

• 1/2 pint

A grocer sells 5 and 2/3 pounds of blueberries in the morning. In the afternoon the grocer sells 11/12 pounds less blueberries. How many pounds of blueberries are sold in the morning and afternoon altogether?

• 6 and 3/12 lbs

• 6 and 1/4 lbs

• 10 and 10/24 lbs

• 10 and 5/12 lbs

A monkey climbs 3 and 3/5 feet up a coconut tree that has a height of 10 feet. It rests for a while and continues to climb another 4 and 2/3 feet. How many more feet must the monkey climb to reach the top?

• 8 and 4/15 feet

• 1 and 11/15 feet

• 7 and 19/15 feet

• 4 and 10/15

Alicia uses 3/4 gallon of paint to paint her room. Becca uses 4/5 gallon more than Alicia to paint her room. How many gallons do they paint altogether?

• 1 and 11/20 gallons

• 1 and 26/20 gallons

• 2 and 3/10 gallons

• 15/20 gallons

A package contains three types of bagels, plain, wheat and sesame. The weight of the plain bagels is 1 and 2/3 pounds. The weight of the wheat bagels is 2 and 5/6 pounds. The total weight of the three types of bagels is 5 pounds. What is the weight of the sesame bagels?

• 4 and 1/2 lbs

• 3 and 9/6 lbs

• 3 and 2/3 lbs

• 1/2 lb

Mike and Bob needed 10 pints of water to fill a bucket. Bob filled the bucket with 3 and 11/12 pints. Mike poured 1 and 2/5 pints less than Bob. How much water is still needed to fill the tank?

• 6 and 13/30

• 2 and 31/60

• 151/60

• 3 and 17/30