Adding and Subtracting Fractions

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

What is the sum of these fractions?

• 4/5
• 3/20
• 17/20
• 4/20

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

• 1/12
• 1
• 2/35
• 23/25

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Robert made a fruit salad with 11/12 of a pound of melon and 1/6 of a pound of berries. How many pounds of fruit did Robert use in all?

• 1 1/12
• 3/4
• 2/3
• 1 1/2

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Kayla ate 3/12 of a watermelon. Jordyn ate 1/12 of the watermelon. Then April ate 1/4 of the watermelon. How much of the watermelon did they eat?

• 6/12

• 7/36

• 4/12

• 7/12

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Daniel watched a beetle and a spider on the sidewalk. The beetle crawled 1/2 of a yard and the spider crawled 1/8 of a yard. How much farther did the beetle crawl than the spider?

• 1/4

• 3/8

• 1/2

• 5/8

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Carefully following a recipe to make brownies, Ben used exactly 5/8 of a cup of oil and 3/4 of a cup of water. How many cups of liquid did Ben use in all?

• 1/8

• 2/3

• 1 1/2

• 1 3/8

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

After dinner, Joe and his family eat 1/2 of Joe's birthday cake. Then, Joe eats another 1/8 of the cake for breakfast the following morning and his brother eats 1/4 of it. How much of the cake has been eaten?

• 1 1/8

• 7/8

• 1

• 9/16

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

The fifth grade math teachers ordered pizza for lunch. Mrs. Dombkowski ate 1/3 of the pizza. Ms. Chaney ate 5/12 of the pizza. How much more pizza did Ms. Chaney eat than Mrs. Dombkowski?

• 1/4

• 2/3

• 4/6

• 1/12

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Mrs. O'Hare bought a cake for the teachers of Palisades Park Elementary. The teachers ate 4/10 of the cake before lunch, 1/5 after lunch, and 12/100 after school. How much of the cake got eaten during the day?

• 8/10

• 72/100

• 36/50

• 18/25

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2