Adding and Subtracting Fractions (With Unlike Denominators) Keys

The water jug holds 3 1/2 gallons of water. The team drank 1 1/4 gallons at halftime and 1 5/8 gallons after the game. How much water was left in the jug?

• 5/8

• 2 1/4

• 2 7/8

• 1 3/8

Moses bought 2 gallons of ice cream. He and his friend each ate ¾ of a gallon of the ice cream. How much ice cream is left?

• 1/2 Gallon

• 1 1/4 Gallon

• 1 1/2 Gallon

• 3 1/2 Gallon

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Jody walked 1 ⅚ miles. Laura walked 2 11/12 miles. How much farther did Laura walk than Jody?

• 4 3/4 miles

• 1 6/12 miles

• 1 1/12 miles

• 1/12 mile

Makel had 3/12 of a bag of apples. Abe had 1/3 of a bag of apples. How much more of a bag of apples does Abe have than Makel?

• 1/12 Bag

• 4/15 Bag

• 7/12 Bag

• 3/4 Bag

Joel wrote 1/8 of his report on Monday. He wrote another 3/4 of his report on Tuesday. How much of the report does Joel still need to write in order to complete it?

• 1/8

• 4/8

• 6/8

• 7/8

Janet and Pat shared a whole pizza. Janet ate 2/3 of the pizza. Pat ate 1/6 of the pizza. What fraction of the pizza was left?

• 1/9

• 1/6

• 5/6

• 8/9

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

There were 7 candy bars. Shea ate 1 ¾ candy bars. Elsa ate 1 ⅝ candy bars. How many candy bars were left?

• 3 3/8

• 3 5/8

• 4 5/8

• 10 3/8

Ben poured 7/8 gallon of water on one plant and ¼ gallon of water on another plant. What is the total amount of water Ben poured on the two plants?

• 3/7 Gallon

• 5/8 Gallon

• 1 1/3 Gallon

• 1 1/8 Gallon

Find the difference between ¾ and 5/12

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 1/6

Tracie ran a total of 5 ¾ miles on Saturday and Sunday. She ran 1 ⅝ miles on Saturday. How many miles did Tracie run on Sunday?

• 4 1/8 miles

• 7 3/8 miles

• 2 2/8 miles

• None, she walked them. 🤔🤯