Add/Subtract Fractions

What must you have to add and subtract fractions?

• Common numerators
• Different numerators
• Different denominators
• Common denominators

What number could be a common denominator for these two fractions?
1/5   and   5/6?

• 30
• 11
• 6
• 5

Fill in the blank in order to create an equivalent fraction.
1/2 = __ /8

• 2
• 4
• 6
• 8

8/9 - 1/3 = 

• 7/6
• 5/9
• 2/3
• 8/27

• 1/12
• 1
• 2/35
• 23/25

• 1 7/8
• 2 1/8
• 3
• 6 3/8

Aden is helping his dad paint his house. They mixed 5/9 gallons of white paint and 1/6 gallons of blue paint. How many gallons was the mixture in all?

• 6/18 gallons
• 13/18 gallons
• 4/5 gallons
• 1/6 gallons

2/3 + 1/2 = 

• 6/7
• 2/6
• 3/5
• 7/6

1/2 + 1/3 + 1/5 = 

• 31/30
• 3/10
• 1/30
• These fractions cannot be added

You give 1/3 of a pan of Brownies to Susan and 1/6 of the pan of brownies to Patrick.  How much of the pan of brownies did you give away?

• 1/9
• 1/6
• 1/3
• 1/2