Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Jamal reads for 1/2 hour on Monday and 1/3 hour on Tuesday. How much more did he read on Monday than on Tuesday?

• 1/6

• 5/6

• 2/5

• 1

Write 1 2/3 in improper fraction term

• 6/3

• 5 1/3

• 3/5

• 5/3

18/45 Simplifies to

• 6/15

• 5/8

• 2/5

• 1/4

• 3 4/6

• 3 2/3

• 3 1/3

• 3 1/2

What is the sum of these fractions?

• 4/5
• 3/20
• 17/20
• 4/20

Sally ran 1/3 of a mile and swam 5/6 of a mile. In simplest form, how much farther did she swim than she ran?

• 1/2
• 5/18
• 4/3
• 3/6

Daniel watched a beetle and a spider on the sidewalk. The beetle crawled 1/2 of a yard and the spider crawled 1/6 of a yard. How much farther did the beetle crawl than the spider?

• 1/4
• 1/3
• 1/2
• 2/3

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

6  1/4  -  2  3/4 

• 3   1/2
• 3  3/4
• 4  1/2
• 4   1/4

What is 5 ⁵/₈ - 3 ²/₈?

• 8 ³/₈
• 8 ⁷/₈
• 2 ³/₈
• 1 ⁷/₈