Adding and Subtracting Fractions

What is the sum of these fractions in lowest terms?

• 4/5
• 3/20
• 17/20
• 4/20

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

What is the difference of these fractions in lowest terms?

• 7/9
• 1/5
• 12/20
• 1/20

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Anya is planting a garden with Sarah. Sarah wants to make the garden into 9 equal rows and plant corn in 3/9 or 1/3 of the garden. What fraction of the garden will be left for other vegetables?

• 1

• 6/9 or 2/3

• 4/9

• 5/9

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

USE SCRATCH PAPER AND SOLVE THIS WORD PROBLEM:

The classroom made cookies. They used 1 1/4 cups of white flour for the chocolate chip cookies. They used 2 1/3 cups of flour for peanut butter cookis. How much flour did they use in total?

• 3 2/7 cups

• 3 7/12 cups

• 1 1/12 cups

• 1 2/7 cups

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Marty made two types of cookies.  He used 2/3 cup of sugar for one recipe and 1/4 cup  of sugar for the other.  How much sugar did he use in all? 

• 5/12
• 3/7
• 11/12
• 1/3

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Pam walks 7/8 of a mile to school.  Paul walks 1/2 of a mile to school.  How much farther does Pam walk than Paul? 

• 3/8
• 4/5
• 1 3/8
• 3/4

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

• 5 1/2
• 1 1/6
• 5 5/14
• 4 19/24

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Sally ran 1/3 of a mile and swam 5/6 of a mile. In simplest form, how much farther did she swim than she ran?

• 1/2
• 5/18
• 4/3
• 3/6

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Aryana jogged 3  5/7 km.  His sister jogged  2  4/5 km.  How much farther did Aryana jog than his sister?

• 5 9/35 km
• 28/35 km
• 1 1/35km
• 32/35 km

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

During lunch, Julio drinks 2  3/4 cups of milk.  Alan drinks 3/8 cups of milk.  Fernando drinks 1  1/6 cups of milk.  How much milk do the 3 gentleman drink? 

• 4  7/24 cups
• 3  7/32 cups
• 4  7/32 cups 
• 3  7/24 cups

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2