Addition & Subtraction Fraction Word Problems

Henry needs 3 ¾ cups of sugar for a recipe. He has 1 ¼ cups. How much more sugar does he need?

• 2 1/2 cups

• 2 1/4 cups

• 5 cups

• 1 2/4 cups

Patricia found a rock weighing 1/3 of a pound. Robin found a rock weighing 1 2/3 pounds. What is the weight of both rocks?

• 1 1/3 pounds

• 2 pounds

• 1 2/3 pounds

• 1 pound

Jess picked 2/5 pounds of blueberries on Monday and 4/5 pounds of blueberries on Tuesday. She needs 2 pounds of blueberries to make a pie. How many more pounds of blueberries does Jess need to pick?

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(Example: Instead of 4 pounds, just write 4)

Nancy had 5/7 meters of yarn. She used 1/7 meters to make a dreamcatcher and another 2/7 meters to make a key chain. How much yarn does Nancy have left?

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(Example: Instead of 4 pounds, just write 4)

Two friends are measuring their heights. Ben is 4 7/8 feet tall, and Maxwell is 5 2/8 feet tall. What is the height of the two boys combined?

• 9 5/8 feet

• 10 1/8 feet

• 1 3/4 feet

• 1 1/8 feet

Martha walked 7 3/4 miles on Saturday and 8 2/4 miles on Sunday. Her brother walked 9 1/4 miles. How much farther did Martha walk than her brother?

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(Example: Instead of 4 pounds, just write 4)

A baby weights 6 3/4 pounds at birth. A month later, the baby weighs 11 1/4 pounds. How much weight did the baby gain over the course of the month?

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(Example: Instead of 4 pounds, just write 4)

Amelia and Katie walked around the recreation center yesterday Amelia walked 4 1/8 laps, and Katie walked 6 5/8 laps. How many laps did both women walk altogether?

• 10 3/4 laps

• 2 3/4 laps

• 10 3/8 laps

• 2 1/8 laps

A hair salon is offering free cuts. Debbie goes in and gets 11/12 of an inch cut from her hair. She wanted to get 2 inches cut off. How much more does she need to get cut off?

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(Example: Instead of 4 pounds, just write 4)

Brian bought 6 3/4 gallons of gas the first week of March and 8 1/4 gallons the second week of March. What is the difference in the amount of gas he purchased over the two weeks?

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(Example: Instead of 4 pounds, just write 4)