Adding and Subtracting Fractions - Word Problems

Dr. Stancil has 5/8 of a box of chocolate. She eats 1/4 of the box. How many chocolates are left in the box, after Dr. Stancil has eaten some?

• 2/4 of the box is left

• 3/8 of the box is left

• 1/4 of the box is left

• 4/8 of the box is left

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2

CCSS.3.NF.A.3

Ms. Nealy is walking around Disney World. She walks 3/4 of a mile on Monday, and 1/8 of a mile on Tuesday. How many miles did Ms. Nealy walk in all?

• 7/8 of a mile

• 8/8 of a mile

• 1 and 1/8 of a mile

• 6/8 of a mile

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.3

Mrs. Jarvis has read 2/3 of a book. She reads 1/6 of the book when she gets home from school. How much of the book does Mrs. Jarvis have left to read?

• 5/6 of the book left

• 1/3 of the book left

• 1/6 of the book left

• 2/3 of the book left

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2

CCSS.3.NF.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Jamison is giving out 10 baseball cards. He gave 2 cards to Charlie, 2 cards to Brady, and 3 cards too Zachary. What fraction of baseball cards did Jamison give away?

• 9/10

• 4/10

• 1/10

• 7/10

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

Mrs. Melina is putting away books in the library. She puts 4 books away in the fiction section and 3 books away in the non fiction section. She then puts 5 books away in the biography section. What fraction of non fiction books did Mrs. Melina put away?

• 3/12

• 1/12

• 3/9

• 4/12

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2

Mrs. Benner is feeding her family steak for dinner. If she wants to feed each member of her family 1/5 of a pound of steak, how much steak would she need to feed 4 people in total?

• 1 and 4/5 pound of steak

• 1/5 pound of steak

• 4/5 pound of steak

• 3/5 pound of steak

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7