Adding & Subtracting Decimals & Fractions Word Problems

Macy washed her dirty clothes over the weekend. She used 1 1/3 scoops of detergent for her white load and 9/12 of a scoop of detergent for her color load. How much more laundry detergent did she use in the white load?

• 1/12 of a scoop

• 2/12 of a scoop

• 5/12 of a scoop

• 7/12 of a scoop

Maggie carried 3 bags of groceries in from the grocery store.

The first bag weighed 45/12 pounds.

The second bag weighed 21/6 pounds.

The third bag weighed 12/3 pounds.

She carried the first bag in her left hand. She carried the second and third bag in her right hand. How much more weight did she carry with her left hand than her right hand?

• 8 5/12 pounds

• 3 5/6 pounds

• 1 3/12 pounds

• 7/12 pound

Janet bought 2 books to read while on vacation.

● The first book cost $15.45

● The second book cost $9.87

About how much did Janet spend on her new books?

• Less than $24

• Between $24 and $25

• Between $25 and $26

• More than $26

Sonya was 40 3/8 inches tall in kindergarten. She is 60 7/12 inches tall in fifth grade. About how many inches taller is Sonya in fifth grade than she was in kindergarten?

• 20 inches

• 22 inches

• 101 inches

• 102 inches

Abuela had 6 cups of flour. She used 42/3 cups of flour to make cookies. How many cups of flour does Abuela have left?

• 1 1/3 cups

• 2 1/3 cups

• 2 2/3 cups

• 10 2/3 cups

Alexis drank two bottles of water this morning. One bottle held 12.5 ounces of water. The other bottle held 8.75 ounces of water. She wants to drink at least 32 ounces of water each day. How many more ounces does Alexis need to drink to make her goal?

• 21.25 ounces

• 11.75 ounces

• 11.2 ounces

• 10.75 ounces

Javion drank 7/8 quart of juice in two days. He drank 1/4 quart of juice yesterday. How much did he drink today?

• 5/8 quart

• 6/8 quart

• 1 1/4 quarts

• 1 1/8 quarts

The cafeteria served pizza for lunch to three fifth grade classes. The cafeteria made 18 pizzas to be shared by the three classes.

Mrs. Nelson’s class ate 5 1/2 pizzas.

Mr. Thomas’ class ate 7 3/4 pizzas.

How much pizza was left for Mr. Bone's class?

• 4 3/4

• 5 3/4

• 12 3/4

• 13 1/4

Seth and Solomon ran in a relay race. Seth ran the first 200 yards in 33.78 seconds. Then he passed the baton to Solomon. Solomon ran the next 200 yards in 42.55 seconds. It took him 7 seconds longer because he tripped over a rock on the track. What would their total running time be if Solomon had not tripped on the rock?

• 69.33

• 76.33

• 76.26

• 83.33

Josie has three plants. She is keeping track of how much the plants grow. The table below shows how many inches the plants have grown.

About how many inches have the three plants grown altogether?

• 9in

• 10in

• 11in

• 12in