Chapter 8 Big Ideas Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Sara had to complete chores. Sara has completed  2 /11of the house chores and  7 /11of the yard chores. What fraction of all the chores has Sara done?

• 8/11
• 2/11
• 9/11
• 7/11

Jessica drank  5/8 of a cup of milk at breakfast and  1/8 of a cup of milk at dinner. In total, how many cups of milk did Jessica drink today?

• 4/8
• 2/8
• 5/10
• 6/8

Keith ate  1/6 of a cake, while Sam ate  5/6 of a cake. How much more cake did Sam eat?

• 1/3
• 2/6
• 4/6
• 1/6

Dan did  1/10 of a load of laundry on Saturday and  5/10 of a load of laundry on Friday. What fraction of laundry did Dan do in total?

• 6/12
• 6/10
• 3/10
• 4/10

A recipe called for 5/6 cup of chopped onions and 1/6 cup of chopped celery. How much more onion is in the recipe?

• 1/8

• 6/6

• 3/6

• 4/6

Nancy planted  3/8 rows of carrots and  3/8 rows of radishes in a garden. In total, how many rows of vegetables did Nancy plant?

• 6/8
• 6/9
• 6/12
• 0/12

Dan picked 1/8 of a bucket of pears, and Fred picked  3/8 of a bucket of pears. How many buckets total did they pick?

• 5/8
• 8/8
• 4/8
• 2/8

Tim has to read 2 books for school. Tim read  4/11 of the first book on Monday, and  6/11 of the second book on Wednesday. What total fraction of these two books has Tim read?

• 11/10
• 10/11
• 5/11
• 2/11

Benny started the week with 5/8 of his allowance. He spent 2/8 of his allowance at Target. How much allowance in total does Benny have left?

• 7/8
• 1/8
• 3/8
• 8/8

Sally completed  1/12 of Saturday's crossword and  3/12  of Sunday's crossword. In total, what fraction of these crosswords did Sally finish?

• 4/12
• 5/12
• 6/12
• 2/12