Addition and Subtraction Fractions Word Problems

Dominic planted 5/8 rows of carrots and 1/ 2 rows of onions in a garden. In total, how many rows of vegetables did Dominic plant?

• 6/9

• 1 1/8

• 5/8

• 2 2/8

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

A recipe called for 2/11 cup of chopped tomatoes and 4/11 cup of diced tomatoes. In total, how many cups of tomatoes did the recipe call for?

• 2/11

• 4/11

• 8/11

• 6/11

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Tom spends 13 /15 of an hour studying and also spends

8/15 of an hour at the store. How much less time does Tom spend at the store compared to studying?

• 1/3

• 21/15

• 2/3

• 4/3

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Tom has to read 2 books for school. Tom read 5/6 of the first book on Sunday, and 1/2 of the second book on Friday. What total fraction of these two books has Tom read?

• 1/3

• 1 2/3

• 1 1/3

• 6/6

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

A recipe called for 1/12 of a cup of chopped tomatoes and 4/9 of a cup of diced walnuts. How many more cups of walnuts did the recipe call for?

• 3/3

• 4/108

• 13/36

• 5/21

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Sally wants to complete 8/9 of a crossword today. Sally has already done 4/9 of a crossword. What fraction of a crossword does Sally have left to finish?

• 4/9

• 12/9

• 13/9

• 1 3/9

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Alyssa picked 1/3 of a bucket of bananas, and Nancy picked 3/8 of a bucket of bananas. How many buckets total did they pick?

• 17/24

• 8/12

• 1 7/24

• 4/11

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Kolby has 5/7 of a book left to read for school. Kolby read

3/7 of a book on Wednesday. How many more books does Keith have to read?

• 1/7

• 8/7

• 2/7

• 7/8

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Dan has 2/7 of a week's worth of pay in a wallet and 4/7 of a week's of pay in the bank. How many more weeks of pay does Dan have stored in the bank?

• 3/7

• 1/7

• 6/7

• 2/7

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Dante has 2/3 of last week's allowance and 2/3 of this week's allowance. How many weeks of allowance in total does Dante have left?

• 2/3

• 1 1/3

• 2 1/3

• 6/3

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D