Adding and Subtracting Fractions Word Problems

Neil swam 1/3 lengths of the pool. Mia swam 1/2 lengths of the pool. How many more lengths of the pool did Mia swim than Neil?

• 1/6

• 1

• 5/6

• 1/2

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Mikela uses 1/6 cups of rye flour and 3/4 cups of wheat flour to make bread. How much flour does Mikela use in all?

• 11/12

• 3/4

• 3/4

• 2/5

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Anton is making a fruit salad. He uses 2/3 cup of grapes and 1/2 cup of strawberries. What is the total amount of fruit Anton uses?

• 1 cup

• 2/6 cup

• 4/6 cup

• 1 1/6 cup

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Two-thirds of a pie is left over after dinner. Meg takes 1/6 of the whole pie to a neighbor. How much pie is left after Meg takes some to the neighbor?

• 5/6

• 2/3

• 1/2

• 1/3

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Which is the best estimate of the sum of 5/8 and 7/12?

• 2

• 5

• 3

• 1

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After dinner, Joe and his family eat 1/2 of Joe's birthday cake. Then, Joe eats another 1/8 of the cake for breakfast the following morning and his brother eats 1/4 of it. How much of the cake has been eaten?

• 1 1/8

• 7/8

• 1

• 9/16

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Robert made a fruit salad with 11/12 of a pound of melon and 1/6 of a pound of berries. How many pounds of fruit did Robert use in all?

• 1 1/12

• 3/4

• 2/3

• 1 1/2

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You give 1/3 of a pan of brownies to Mr. Nix and 1/6 of a pan of brownies to your teacher. How much of the pan of brownies did you give away?

• 2/6 of the pan

• 1/6 of the pan

• 1/2 of the pan

• 1/3 of the pan

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A plumber is fitting a water pipe that is 3/4 foot long on to a water pipe that is 2/12 foot long. How long will the finished pipe be?

• 11/12 foot

• 8/16 foot

• 2/12 foot

• 1 foot

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Marty made two types of cookies.  He used 2/3 cup of sugar for one recipe and 1/4 cup  of sugar for the other.  How much sugar did he use in all? 

• 5/12

• 3/7

• 11/12

• 1/3

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