Add and Subtract Fractions

1. Mrs. Klein baked ten cookies. Her son ate 3/10 of the cookies and Mr. Klein ate 2/5 of the cookies. What fraction of the cookies did Mr. Klein and his son eat combined?

• A. 4/10

• B. 7/10

• C. 5/10

• D. 6/10

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

2. Francis walked 3/4 of a mile and Karen walked 1/8 of a mile. How much further did Francis walk than Karen?

• A. 5/8

• B. 4/8

• C. 3/8

• D. 7/8

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

3. Ricky and Sam bought a pie from the store to eat as a snack. Ricky ate 5/8 of the pie and Sam ate 1/4 of the pie. How much of the pie did Ricky and Sam eat combined?

• A. 3/4

• B. 7/8

• C. 6/8

• D. 3/8

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

4. Marc's mom tells him he has 3/4 hour to clean his room, as represented by the shaded model.

Marc spends 1/2 hour organizing his desk. He spends the rest of the time picking up toys. Which equation can be used to find the fraction of an hour Marc spends picking up toys?

• F. 3/4 + 2/4 = 5/4

• G. 1 - 3/4 = 1/2

• H. 3/4 - 2/4 = 1/4

• J. 3/4 - 1/2 = 1/2

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

5. Tyler spent 3/10 of his cash for art pencils, shown by the shaded model.

He spent 2/5 of his cash for erasers. How can Tyler determine the fractions of the cash he spent on the art pencils and erasers?

• A. 3/10 + 2/10 = 1/2

• B. 3/10 + 4/10 = 7/10

• C. 4/10 - 3/10 = 1/10

• D. 3/10 + 6/10 = 9/10

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

6. Chris spent 2/3 hour reading and 1/4 hour playing a game. How much more time did Chris spend reading than playing a game?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

7. Last week, the fourth graders walked 2 1/6 miles during P.E. The fifth graders walked 1 1/2 miles. How many miles father did the fourth graders walk than the fifth graders?

• A. 1 1/6 mile

• B. 1/2 mile

• C. 1 1/4 mile

• D. 2/3 mile

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

8. Sam practices playing the cello for three days. The shaded models show Sam's practice times. Each whole circle represents one hour.

Which expression shows how Sam could calculate his total practice time for the three days?

• A. 2/24 + 1/24 +3/24

• B. 8/12 + 3/12 + 6/12

• C. 8/12 + 6/12 + 9/12

• D. 8/12 + 4/12 + 6/12

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

9. What was Sam's total practice time for the three days?

• F. 1 11/12 hours

• G. 7/9 hour

• H. 2 1/12 hours

• J. 1. 23/24 hours

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

10. How much more did Sam practice on Monday than on Tuesday?

• A. 1/12 hour

• B. 1/24 hour

• C. 1/6 hour

• D. 1/4 hour

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3