Subtracting Mixed Numbers

A builder cut 2 7/8 inches off a length of lumber. The lumber was 3 3/8 inches to start with. How much is left over?

• 6/8

• 1 4/8

• 4/8

• 1 3/8

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

A baker used 3 7/8 bars of chocolate to bake a cake and had 1 5/8 left over. Then she ate 4/8 of another bar. How many chocolate bars did she have at the start?

• 6 bars

• 5 7/8 bars

• 4 bars

• 5 4/8 bars

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

 $7\ \frac{11}{12}-3\ \frac{4}{12}$  

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  $5\ \frac{7}{12}$

• $4\ \frac{7}{12}$

• $5\ \frac{5}{12}$

• $4\ \frac{5}{12}$

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Carla's sister is 4 1/3 feet tall and her brother is 2 2/3 feet tall. How much taller is her sister than her brother? 

• 1 1/6 feet
• 2 1/3 feet
• 2 1/6 feet
• 1 2/3 feet

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

 $6\ \frac{2}{4\ }-2\ \frac{2}{5}=$  
Reduce if needed.

•  $5\ \frac{2}{7}$  

•  $4\ \frac{2}{20}$  

•  $6\ \frac{1}{2}$  

•  $4\ \frac{1}{10}$  

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

 $12\ \frac{1}{4}\ -\ 5\ \frac{2}{3}\ =$  

Answer in simplest form. 

•  $7\ \frac{7}{12}$  

•  $6\ \frac{7}{12}$  

•  $7\ \frac{1}{2}$  

•  $7\ \frac{3}{7}$  

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

 $9\ \frac{3}{4}\ -\ 1\ \frac{1}{3}\ =$  

Answer in simplest form. 

•  $7\ \frac{5}{12}$  

•  $8\ \frac{5}{12}$  

•  $10\ \frac{5}{12}$  

•  $8\ \frac{1}{3}$  

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Answer in simplest form.

 $\ \ \ \ \ 6\ \frac{5}{8}\ -2\ \frac{3}{8}\ =$  

•  $4\ \frac{8}{8}$  

•  $4\ \frac{1}{4}$  

•  $3\ \frac{2}{8}$  

•  $8\ \frac{2}{8}$  

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

 $5\frac{1}{10}\ +\ \ 2\frac{7}{10}\ =$  

Answer in simplest form.

•  $3\ \frac{4}{5}$  

•  $7\ \frac{8}{20}$  

•  $7\ \frac{4}{5}$  

•  $2\ \frac{4}{10}$  

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

 $7\ \frac{4}{7}-\ 5\ \frac{2}{7}$  

•  $2\ \frac{2}{7}$  

•  $2\ \frac{6}{7}$  

•  $12\ \frac{6}{7}$  

•  $2\ \frac{1}{7}$  

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D