Add and Subtract Fractions Word

Marie needs 2 ¹/₄ yards of fabric/ She already has 1 ³/₈ yards. How many more yards of fabric does she need? (SUBTRACT)

• ¹/₈ yard

• ³/₄ yard

• ⁷/₈ yard

• 1 ⁷/₈ yards

Lola poured 2/4 of a gallon of water into a bucket. Later, she added 1/4 of a gallon more. How much water is in the bucket now?

• 1/4

• 2/4

• 3/4

• 1/8

• 3/8

Martina takes a piece of wood that is 1/4 of an centimeter thick and glues it to a piece of wood that is 2/4 of an centimeter thick. Together, what is the thickness of the two pieces of wood?

• 3/4 of a centimeter thick

• 1/4 of a centimeter thick

• 2/4 of a centimeter thick

• 3/8 of a centimeter thick

• 1/8 of a centimeter thick

One evening, a restaurant served a total of 1/3 of a loaf of wheat bread and 1/3 of a loaf of white bread. How many loaves were served in all?

• 1/3

• 2/3

• 3/3

• 2/6

• 1/6

Barbara watched a beetle and a spider on the sidewalk. The beetle crawled 4/6 of a yard and the spider crawled 2/6 of a yard. How much farther did the beetle crawl than the spider?

• 1/6

• 2/6

• 3/6

• 4/6

• 6/6

Clara filled a bucket with 4/5 of a gallon of water. Later, she poured out 2/5 of a gallon of the water. How much water is left in the bucket?

• 1/5

• 2/5

• 3/5

• 4/5

• 6/5

While hiking, Megan ate 5/8 of a cup of nuts. Sadie ate 3/8 of a cup of nuts. How much more did Megan eat than Sadie?

• 2/8

• 8/8

• 8/16

• 2/16

Bryan is knitting a scarf with his grandmother. Yesterday, his grandmother used 4/5 of a skein of wool and Bryan used 1/5 of a skein. How much more wool did Bryan's grandmother use than Bryan?

• 1/5

• 2/5

• 3/5

• 4/5

• 5/5

Planet X is 3/4 of a light-year away from Earth. Planet Y is 2/4 of a light-year away from Earth. How much farther away is Planet X?

• 1/4

• 2/4

• 3/4

• 4/4

• 5/4

Edwin sprinted 5/12 of a lap and then took a break by jogging 2/12 of a lap. How much farther did Edwin sprint than jog?

• 7/12

• 3/12

• 7/24

• 3/24