Adding & Subtracting Fractions

My sister and I ate some of the cookies she made. She ate 3/5 of them and I ate 1/10 of them. How much of the cookies did we eat?

• 1/2 of the cookies
• 7/10 of the cookies
• 4/15 of the cookies

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

My dad was painting my bedroom. He started with 5/9 of a can of paint. He used 1/3 of the can. How much paint did he have left?

• 2/9 of a can of paint
• 1/2 of a can of paint
• 2/3 of a can of paint

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Solve. Simplify the fraction if needed.
3/9 + 1/3

• 4/12
• 7/9
• 2/3

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

1/4 + 7/12

• 11/12
• 5/6
• 8/16
• 8/4

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

What is 8/9 - 5/6?

• 1/18
• 3/4
• 6/7
• 10/12

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

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

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Jacob is baking two different cakes. One recipe needs 1/4 cup of sugar and the other needs 2/3 cup of sugar. How much sugar does Jacob need to make both cake recipes?

• More than 1/2 cup but less than 1 cup

• More than 1 cup but less than 2 cups

• Less than 1/2 cup

• More than 1/2 cup but less than 2/3 cup

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

 $\frac{1}{5}+\left(-\frac{3}{5}\right)$  

•  $\frac{2}{5}$ 

•  $-\frac{2}{5}$  
  

•  $\frac{3}{5}$  

• -1

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

 $-\frac{3}{4}-\left(-\frac{2}{3}\right)$  

•  $\frac{1}{12}$  
  

•  $-\frac{1}{12}$  
  

•  $-\frac{17}{12}$  
  

•  $-1\frac{5}{12}$  

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

-½ + ⅔

• 3/5
• 1/6
• 1
• 3/5

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C