Adding and Subtracting Fractions Word Problems

Meredith ordered 3 cheese pizzas and 2 pepperoni pizzas for her birthday party. She has 1 3/4 cheese pizzas left. She had 5/8 pepperoni pizza left. How much pizza was eaten at the party?

• 2 3/8

• 2 5/8

• 3 3/8

• 3 5/8

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Ms. Kraft is putting a fence around her rectangular swimming pool. The length of the pool is 8 2/3 yards. The width of the pool is 6 9/12 yards.

How many yards of fencing does Ms. Kraft need?

• 5 5/12

• 18 5/12

• 30 5/6

• 48 1/2

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Logan has 3 ropes that have a total length of 2/3 yard. The lengths of two of the ropes are 1/6 yard and 5/12 yard. What is the length of the third rope?

• 1/12 yard

• 1/3 yard

• 7/12 yard

• 1 1/4 yards

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Carolyn is making two kinds of pudding for dessert. She has 8 6/12 cups of milk. She needs 4 2/3 cups of milk for chocolate pudding. She needs 2 9/12 cups of milk for banana pudding. How much milk will be left after making the recipes?

• 2 cups

• 1 1/12 cups

• 6 5/12 cups

• 14 11/12 cups

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What is the value of this expression?

11 1/4 - 7 7/8

• 3 3/8

• 3 5/8

• 4 3/8

• 4 5/8

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Below are the weights of three 3rd graders. They all wanted to cross a suspended bridge with a weight limit. To the nearest whole number, about how much do the 3rd graders weigh together?

David- 60 7/8 pounds

Kaylee- 58 1/10 pounds

Adam- 52 2/12 pounds

• 170 pounds

• 171 pounds

• 172 pounds

• 173 pounds

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Lisa wants to find the sum of 1/8 + 3/4

What is the numerator in Lisa's sum?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 7

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